I have two eighth noteheads that I do not want to merge because they are on different strings. Since they do not have different heads or dots, I had to prevent their merging. Wouldn't this example be good along with the merges in the doc? It's much more common than your chord example. daveA
<< b8 \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #-1.0 b b b b b \\ a8 b a g f e >> -- Practice pie charts, plans and schedules are good. Practice logs, diaries and records are good. When they fail, and they will, do another. How else can repeated failure be a recipe for success? The only technical exercises for all guitarists worth a lifetime of practice: "Dynamic Guitar Technique". Nothing else is close. Free download: http://www.openguitar.com/dynamic.html daveA David Raleigh Arnold dra..at..openguitar.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user