Re: Chapter "Collision resolution"

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, January 12, 2011 2:24 PM

> Hi, I'm taking a look at the notation manual under "Collision
> Resolution".
>
> The first beat on the second bar in the example has bad output 
> (merges
> an eighth and a half note while inexplicably keeping the eighth's 
> note
> head).

This is bad!  But it is not a problem caused by merging
notes in different voices, almost the opposite.  It is
caused by the \oneVoice predef in voice 3 at the start of
bar 2, which removes the shift normally associated with
voiceThree.  As there is no shift the notes are simply
printed one on top of the other.  \oneVoice is intended
to be used when polyphony is not required, so it is being
misused here.

> Can we do better?

Yes.  A better example should be found.

Trevor