Re: stems up?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hello Ivo,

> What am I doing wrong?

You need to create a new Voice context to handle it — the modified  
snippet is attached.

HTH!
Kieren.

\version "2.12.1"

theMusic =
{
  << { \voiceOne e''2. } \new Voice { \voiceTwo a'2~a'8[ b'] } >>
  << { \voiceOne e''2.\fermata } \new Voice { \voiceTwo b'2. 
\fermata } >>
}

\score
{
        \new Staff \theMusic
}