Re: Head of merged half note getting filled

[Jonathan Kulp]

Nick Payne wrote:
> I've got a score where the heads of half and dotted half notes that are
> merged with eighth notes are being incorrectly filled in. I've minimised it
> to the attached example. I've found that the problem is due to having three
> voices. If I remove the treble voice from my example, then the merged note
> in the middle and bass voices outputs correctly with an unfilled notehead.
>
> Nick Payne

Nick,

I'm not sure why it doesn't behave like you want, but you can force it 
to do so with this code before the offending note in the middle voice:

  \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t

You can also use much simpler \stemUp, \stemDown, and \stemNeutral 
commands to control direction of stems.

HTH,

Jon
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