Stem missing from note

2006-10-20 Thread David Rugger
The first note in the second measure (the dotted quarter b) is missing a stem. Operating system is Windows XP. \version "2.8.7" solopart = { \key g \major \relative c'' { \time 4/4 << { d4.( b8) a4 b g1 } { f4. d8 cis4\( c

Re: Stem missing from note

2006-10-22 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Are you sure that you don't want to set these two lines of music as separate voices? In other words, to use ... << { d4.( b8) a4 b g1 } \\ { f4. d8 cis4\( c \stemDown b4.( a8 g2)\) } >> If you look at th

Re: Stem missing from note

2006-10-22 Thread David Rugger
No, separate voices is not what I want. The notes are violin double stops and the stems are supposed to go in the same direction. David Mats Bengtsson wrote: Are you sure that you don't want to set these two lines of music as separate voices? In other words, to use ... << {

Re: Stem missing from note

2006-10-22 Thread Mats Bengtsson
In that case, I would propose to enter the chords as chords. In the second measure, what confuses LilyPond is that you have one stemless note (the whole note) and one with stem, that should "share" the same stem. Here's one way to handle it, namely to put the whole note in a separate voice. Read