Re: Notes with different pitches sharing a staff line are engraved strangely

[Ralph Palmer]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Dan Eble <address@hidden> wrote:

> > I'm not top posting.
> % This example might be worth more than one ticket.
> \version "2.18.0"
> \language "english"
>
> upper = \relative { bs'4 }
> lower = \relative { b'4 }
> chord = \relative { <bs' b>4 }
>
> % In this case, the output clearly represents something other than the
> % input.  The input doesn't make much sense in the kinds of music I'm
> % familiar with, so I don't think there is a major problem with what
> % Lilypond has done except that it should warn that it did not engrave
> % what was requested.
> \score {
>   \new Staff <<
>     \set Staff.instrumentName = "<< \\\\ >>"
>     \dynamicUp \upper
>     \\
>     \dynamicDown \lower
>   >>
> }
>
> % In this case, I'm not sure what the output represents, but unless
> % Lilypond is already engraving the expected musical notation, it
> % should warn.
> \score {
>   \new Staff <<
>     \set Staff.instrumentName = "< >"
>     \chord
>   >>
> }
>
> % The part combiner can choose either to put the two notes in separate
> % voices or in the same voice.  Is the current behavior the better
> % choice in this case?  Possibly not.
> \score {
>   \new Staff <<
>     \set Staff.instrumentName = "partcombine"
>     \partcombine \upper \lower
>   >>
> }
>
> % ... and the CAPTCHA is "oddities."  How appropriate.  :-)
>
>
Greetings, Dan Eble. Thanks for the email. This has been submitted as Issue
4113. https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4113
Ralph