Remove all the double backslashes "\\" They add their own
\voice{One,Two,Three,etc}
Le jeu. 18 avr. 2024, à 14 h 39, Gerardo Ballabio
<gerardo.balla...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hello again,
> in fact, Knute's suggestion works well with stems pointing down. But
> then I tried also with stems pointing up (that is, using \voiceOne
> instead of \voiceTwo) and in that case the stems are slightly
> misaligned (see attached example).
> My guess is that the notes are aligned on the left, but different note
> heads haven't the same width, so the stems don't line up together when
> they are on the right.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Gerardo
>
> %%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.24.1"
>
> bassDrum = \relative {
> \voiceOne
> s1 |
> s2 b2-> |
> s1 |
> s2 b2-> |
> }
>
> cymbals = \relative {
> \voiceOne
> \override NoteHead.style = #'xcircle
> s1 |
> s2 f'2 |
> s1 |
> s2 f2 |
> }
>
> tamTam = \relative {
> \voiceOne
> \override NoteHead.style = #'cross
> s1 |
> s2 e2 |
> s1 |
> s2 e2 |
> }
>
> pause = \new Voice {
> \clef "varpercussion"
> \time 4/4
> R1 |
> r2 s2\f |
> R1 |
> r2 s2 |
> }
>
> percussions = \new Voice \relative {
> <<
> \cymbals
> \\
> \tamTam
> \\
> \bassDrum
> >>
> }
>
> \new Staff
> <<
> \pause
> \percussions
> >>
> %%%%%%%%%%
>
> Il giorno mer 17 apr 2024 alle ore 23:13 Gerardo Ballabio
> <gerardo.balla...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> >
> > Thank you Knute and Mats.
> > Removing the "\\" aligns the notes on the same stem, but they also get
> > the same note head.
> > Keeping the "\\" and using \voiceTwo aligns the notes and shows
> > different note heads.
> >
> > Gerardo
> >
> > Il giorno mer 17 apr 2024 alle ore 13:19 Mats Bengtsson
> > <matsboxergr...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> > >
> > > On 2024-04-16 21:59, Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > > I'm trying to typeset a percussion score with several instruments on
> > > > the same staff. When they play simultaneous notes I want to line them
> > > > up all on the same stem, like this (output attached, percussion1.pdf):
> > > >
> > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > > \version "2.24.1"
> > > >
> > > > \new Staff \relative {
> > > > \clef "varpercussion"
> > > > \stemDown
> > > > R1 |
> > > > r2 <e b' f'>2\f-> |
> > > > R1 |
> > > > r2 q2-> |
> > > > }
> > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > >
> > > > But I'd like to write down each part separately, so that I may also
> > > > print the single parts without redoing everything. And I also want to
> > > > use different note heads for each instrument.
> > > > This is the best I could come up with:
> > > >
> > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > > \version "2.24.1"
> > > >
> > > > bassDrum = \relative {
> > > > \stemDown
> > > > s1 |
> > > > s2 b2-> |
> > > > s1 |
> > > > s2 b2-> |
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > cymbals = \relative {
> > > > \override NoteHead.style = #'xcircle \stemDown
> > > > s1 |
> > > > s2 f'2 |
> > > > s1 |
> > > > s2 f2 |
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > tamTam = \relative {
> > > > \override NoteHead.style = #'cross \stemDown
> > > > s1 |
> > > > s2 e2 |
> > > > s1 |
> > > > s2 e2 |
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > pause = \new Voice {
> > > > \clef "varpercussion"
> > > > \time 4/4
> > > > R1 |
> > > > r2 s2\f |
> > > > R1 |
> > > > r2 s2 |
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > percussions = \new Voice \relative {
> > > > <<
> > > > \cymbals
> > > > \\
> > > > \tamTam
> > > > \\
> > > > \bassDrum
> > > > >>
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > \new Staff
> > > > <<
> > > > \pause
> > > > \percussions
> > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > >
> > > > But as you can see (output attached, percussion2.pdf) the three notes
> > > > aren't aligned on the same stem, only two of them are.
> > > >
> > > > I tried \partCombine, it works nicely with two parts, but if there's a
> > > > way to combine three or more I didn't find it.
> > > >
> > > > Any help is much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Just remove the "\\" in your definition of percussions:
> > >
> > > percussions = \new Voice \relative {
> > > <<
> > > \cymbals
> > > \tamTam
> > > \bassDrum
> > > >>
> > > }
> > > In that way, all three lines of music will belong to the same Voice.
> > >
> > > When you use the construct << ... \\ ... >>, you explicitly ask LilyPond
> > > to create separate voices with separate stems, for the different lines
> > > of music, which is not what you want in this particular situation.
> > >
> > > /Mats
> > >
--
Pierre-Luc Gauthier
