Re: Center whole note chords

[Trevor Daniels]

Dan Eble wrote Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:15 AM
Subject: Center whole note chords


>> I'm not top posting
> % I don't have an engraving reference to consult (yet), but I have a
> % hymnal here with some measures that look better than Lilypond's
> % default.  I hope the experts will weigh in on whether there is
> % material here for a ticket or two.
> %
> % 1. All voices have a fermata to be semantically correct.
> % In a real score, I would have used partcombine but I've left
> % it out for simplicity.  Regardless, the voices in unison in
> % the top staff would not be combined.  Should Lilypond notice
> % this situation and combine and center one fermata over them?

Elaine Gould in Behind Bars, p188, shows some examples of
fermate for unison and adjacent notes.  The fermata always
centres on the note that is on the 'correct' side of the stem (for
adjacent notes) or on the first one (unison).  Two fermate seem
to be shown only if there are two stems.  But I think this should
be left to the engraver to code, rather than expecting LP to
remove a coded fermata.

> %
> % 2. The notes in the lower staff are centered with respect
> % to the notes in the upper staff.

She seems silent on this point, AFAICS.

Trevor