Re: Reversing order of colliding noteheads?

Michael,

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Michael J. O'Donnell [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> wrote:

In the following two-bar snippet, I used \voiceOne and \voiceTwo to
place Tenor and Lead vocal lines on a single staff. The Tenor has a
tied-over note, whose notehead collides at the beginning of the second
bar with the Lead note, one step away. LilyPond places the Lead note
inside of the Tenor tie, which I find rather hard to read. I have tried
\tieDown, which is a bit better but it has the tie crossing through the
Lead stem. It seems that the best layout would have the Tenor note to
the left of the Lead note, so that there is no interleaving of Lead
note inside the Tenor tie. I cannot find a way to accomplish this with
\voiceOne and \voiceTwo, nor have I thought of another layout that would
be readable. I would prefer to avoid a change in the voice structure,
which would complicate the alignment with lyrics.

Thanks for any ideas,

Here are a few ideas.

1. Reposition the noteheads:

tenorPart = {

\voiceOne

r2 e'8

\once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #0

c'4. ~ |

c'4. r8 f'2 |

}

leadPart = {

\voiceTwo

e'2 c'2 |

\once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #2.3

d'2 a2 |

}

2. Change the vertical position of the tie:

tenorPart = {

\voiceOne

r2 e'8

\once \override Tie.staff-position = #3.5

c'4. ~ |

c'4. r8 f'2 |

}

leadPart = {

\voiceTwo

e'2 c'2 |

d'2 a2 |

}

3. Increase the potential height of the tie:

tenorPart = {

\voiceOne

r2 e'8

\once \override Tie.details.height-limit = #2

c'4. ~ |

c'4. r8 f'2 |

}

leadPart = {

\voiceTwo

e'2 c'2 |

d'2 a2 |

}

Take your pick.

HTH,

Abraham

From:	tisimst
Subject:	Re: Reversing order of colliding noteheads?
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:21:31 -0700 (MST)