Re: Long stretch in one voice, then two

[Janek Warchoł]

2014-09-27 19:44 GMT+02:00 Knute Snortum <address@hidden>:
> This question may be a matter of style, or there may be a command I'm
> missing.
>
> I have a piano piece that starts with the right hand in one voice for a long
> stretch (about 20 bars).  It then breaks into mostly two voices.
>
> One way to do this is to use temporary voices.  The disadvantage is long
> passages in brackets (matter of style).  The other is to have to voices for
> the right hand where the lower voice is silent for 20 bars.  But then the
> music in the beginning has stems up and rests raised.  I can use
> \stemNeutral \tieNeutral, etc., but is there a \voiceNeutral?

\oneVoice (these commands' names are not really user-friendly...)

In general, i recommend not to use << { } // { } >> but create
explicit voices manually instead.

best,
Janek