does partcombine need notes to be close together?

[Ted Walther]

I'm entering the music with partcombine for now.  The very first bar
shows up a behavior.  I have a b and a g separated by more than an
octave.  I believe they should be on the same stem, as they are on the
printed music I am entering by hand.  But lilypond is giving each their
own stem, the b with an up pointing stem, and the g with a down pointing
stem.

Is this proper behavior?

Ted

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