Re: Why isn't VoiceTwo flipping the stems down?

[David Kastrup]

Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> writes:

> Ah! I've apparently just been "lucky" before, which is why I hadn't
> picked up on that detail: All of my previous encounters either
> involved the same notes with one voice tied and beamed while the other
> was untied and unbeamed, or the notes of voiceTwo were far enough
> below voiceOne as to have the stems flip naturally (or at least that's
> my current understanding / working theory).

LilyPond has a well-defined syntax with meaningful elements and
meaningful order.  If you just throw in stuff you see elsewhere until
things compile, chances are that you are combining them in a bad order.
While you don't have a solid grasp of the meaning of its elements, you
will have better success by starting with templates (like the
Frescobaldi editor offers) rather than creating stuff from scratch.

Alternatively it may make sense to work through the "Learning Manual" of
LilyPond once (or at least its first chapters) to get a first grasp of
how things are supposed to fit together.

-- 
David Kastrup