On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:29:19PM -0400, Darren Miller wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Colin Hall <colingh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 08:39:00PM +0000, Darren wrote: > > > > I'm not top posting. > > > > > > I'm trying to create a score for four voices SATB that uses AikenHeads > > (shaped > > > notes). When two parts on the same staff overlap on the same notes (for > > > example soprano and alto), it is customary to show the stems for the two > > parts > > > going different directions so each part realizes that it is to sing the > > > overlapping notes. > > > > > > > I also tried removing the \ignoreCollide from your source just to see what > > happens, and I have to say that the output looks correct to me. See > > attached. The notes are both supertonics and the note shape seems correct. > > You're right: it seems that the \ignoreCollide directive was what was > confusing it. I think I had included that from a sample where it was > supposed to allow the stems to merge in multi-voice. But, at some point I > changed it to using polyphonic (using the \new Voice for alternate note > arrangements) ... and it must be redundant for that mode. I took it out > like you suggested, and got the results you show below.
Good, I'm pleased to hear that worked for you. I can't claim any expertise here at all. I simplified your sample to better understand it and then thought the output looked ok. > Well, I'm going back to expermenting with this, but it seems like a really > powerful program. (Now I just have to figured out why the full score > needed the ignoreCollide to prevent staggered note heads...) Let us know what you find. If there is a bug, by all means send your report to bug-lilypond, but if you're just reporting how Lilypond met your needs then lilypond-user would be best. > Thanks for your help! You're very welcome. Thanks for your kind words. Cheers, Colin. -- Colin Hall _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond