Re: Engraving a close harmony

[William Rehwinkel]

Dear Knute,

Here is the best that I could do...but I'm not sure that this is the 
most correct solution or that it will look good in context...

Thanks,
-William

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\version "2.25.18"
\language "english"

\paper {
  ragged-right = ##t
  indent = 0
}

righthandUpper = \relative {
  \time 6/8
  r16 <d'' f>( q <gs, ds'> q <d' e> \voiceOne e f f \once \override 
Accidental.X-extent = #'(0 . 0)  ds! \once \override Accidental.X-extent 
= #'(0 . 0) ds! e16) |
}

rightHandLower = \relative {
  \time 6/8
  \voiceFour s4. d''16 gs, gs \once \override Accidental.X-extent = 
#'(0 . 0) \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #2  \once \override 
Accidental.extra-offset = #'(2.9 . 0) d'! \once \override 
Accidental.X-extent = #'(0 . 0)\once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = 
#2  \once \override Accidental.extra-offset = #'(2.9 . 0) d! \once 
\override NoteHead.extra-spacing-width = #'(-2 . 0) gs, |
}

\new Staff <<
  \new Voice \righthandUpper
  \new Voice \rightHandLower
>>
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On 12/7/24 19:09, Knute Snortum wrote:
> I have a Chopin piece that I'm engraving and I've run into a problem 
> with some of the close harmonies he writes.  He has a chord with both a 
> d-sharp and a d-natural in it.  The edition I'm using uses two voices 
> and doesn't merge the two d's (see attached picture).  I've tried this 
> in LilyPond but I can't prevent the merging of the two notes (see second 
> attached picture, measure one.)  Is there a way to stop LilyPond from 
> merging two notes?
>
> I've asked this question before and one of the suggestions was to use an 
> enharmonic note, in this case e-flat for the d-sharp (see attached, 
> measures two through four). To the pianists reading this: which measure 
> is the least confusing?  I've also attached the code I used to create 
> the four measures.
>
> --
> Knute Snortum

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