On Tue 23 Feb 2016 at 05:49:28 (+0100), Helge Kruse wrote: > Andrew, > > The last duration in the treble staff is 4*16 i.e. four whole notes > with a quarter note head. > The first note in the next voice (in the bass staff) inherits this length. > > Use this: > > bass = { > \clef bass > \time 4/4 > c1 % set duration explicitly > c c > }
You make it too easy! Perhaps Andrew did just forget that durations are copied from the previous note, but my guess was that he treated * as a multiplier and not a scaling. (And he wouldn't be the first.) In many situations it doesn't matter, but not in all. Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user