notesetter <dstocker <at> thenotesetter.com> writes:
>
>
> I'm typing some guitar music with version 2.10.33 to teach myself how to use
> LilyPond. I'm using the command \shiftOn to move inner voices so that they
> are clear and not colliding with other voices. I'm also typing the upper
> voice and lower voice separately, in hopes to avoid extra typing and overly
> complex use of syntax.
Dave,
What you may not realize is that your syntax is mixing user-controlled
shifting with LilyPond controlled shifting.
Whenever you type << { ... } \\ { ...} >> you are automatically creating new
temporary voices with shift characteristics determined by LilyPond.
I suspect that you would get what you want if you changed your strategy
a bit. Instead of defining a soprano part with << \\ >> in it, I'd
recommend you define
sopOne
sopTwo
bassOne
bassTwo
Each of which has only one "row" of notes.
You can then put your piece together with
<< SopOne \\ SopTwo \\ bassOne \\ bassTwo >>
and LilyPond will set the voices so they should work for you.
Another option is to read the new discussion on polypohony from the
GDP docs:
http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/index.html
Go to the Notation Reference, and look up section 1.5.2.
Hope this helps,
Carl
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