I'm notating some four-part harmony for organ manuals that sometimes has optional small bass notes for the pedals. In one spot, I'm having trouble stopping Lilypond from merging the heads of a half-note G in the upper voice with a quarter-note G in the lower voice when there are small notes added in the bass part. Please see the code and pdf.
What I want is to get the quarter note positioned to the right of the half note (as in the top example), but with the large and small quarter-notes vertically aligned. Any ideas on how to achieve this?
Brent.
\version "2.18.2"
rightOne = \relative c'' {
\voiceOne
b2
}
rightTwo = \relative c' {
d2
}
leftOne = \relative c' {
\clef bass
g2
}
leftTwo = \relative c {
g'4 e
\bar "|."
}
\score {
\header {
piece = \markup \bold \underline \large "desired position of quarter notes"
}
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff = "right" << \rightOne \\ \rightTwo >>
\new Staff = "left" << \leftOne \\ \leftTwo >>
>>
}
rightOneII = \relative c'' {
\voiceOne
b2
}
rightTwoII = \relative c' {
d2
}
leftOneII = \relative c' {
\clef bass
g2
}
leftTwoII = \relative c {
\override Stem.length = 4.6
<<\voiceOne {\stemDown g'4 e }
\new Voice {\voiceTwo \teeny g, e} >>
\bar "|."
}
\score {
\header {
piece = \markup \bold \underline \large "when I add the small notes"
}
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff = "right" << \rightOneII \\ \rightTwoII >>
\new Staff = "left" << \leftOneII \\ \leftTwoII >>
>>
}
Lilypond question.pdf