Re: mergeDifferentlyHeaded inconsistency

[address@hidden]

On Apr 25, 2011, at 6:14 AM, David Kastrup wrote:

> "address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> From Damien Pallant:
>> 
>> \new Staff {
>> \key ees \major
>> \clef treble
>> \override Staff.NoteCollision #'merge-differently-headed = ##t
>> \override Staff.NoteCollision #'merge-differently-dotted = ##t
>> 
>> \relative c' {
>> 
>> << { r8 g ( bes d-3 ) f4-5 -- ees-4 -- } \\ { s8 g,~ <g bes>2. } >>
>> << { r8 aes ( bes ees-4 ) f4-5 -- ees-4 -- } \\ { s8 aes,~ <aes bes>2. } >>
>> }
>> }
>> 
>> merge-differently-headed works on the first chord but not the second.
> 
> I have a hard time imagining what result you expect here.  The chords in
> the lower voice are stemmed with a single stem (one voice -> one stem).
> The aes-bes chord requires juggling the note heads to fit them on one
> stem, so that they are no longer vertically aligned.  How would you
> merge the resulting construct with the upper voice?
> 
> Do you have a scan or a handwritten version illustrating the desired
> result?

I think what the user wants are the two Bb merged the second time round.  So, 
keep the horizontal spacing of the lower voice and shift the upper voice such 
that the Bbs meet up.

Cheers,
MS