Why divisi? Re: divisi parts and another general question

[Roland Goretzki]

Hello list, hello Sarah,

You wrote:
> I did read that section but this also has some unison parts as well.
> I'll play with that.

Sorry, but why do You want to use divisi in this peace at all?
I wonder if You got a view of my example.

Let's see the first bar of all five instruments:

    violin_I = \relative c''{
      g4 af g8. f16 ef4
    }
    
    violin_II = \relative c'{
      <c ef>4 <c ef> <b ef>8. d16 c4  % bar  1
    }
    
    viola = \relative c'{
      g af g <ef g>
    }
    
    cello = \relative c{
      c4 f, g <g c>
    }
    
    bass = \relative c,{
      c4 f, g c
    }

As You can see in the violin_II part, the player has to play three times
two notes at the same time, and after that only 1 note at the same time.
Playing two notes at the same time occasionally is quite usual for
violin, so I can't see a reason for divisi.

In the whole peace no instrument needs to play more than two notes at
the same time.

I think, using the complete structure I gave in my example, You could
have a real chance to finish this until Monday.  :-)

Best Regards           Roland