Re: Beam direction with \new Voice

[lilypond]

Hi Kieren, hi James,

Thank you very much to both of you, that was exactly what I was looking for!

Heike

Quoting Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:

> Hi Heike,
>
> > You'll need \voiceOne and \voiceTwo (and \oneVoice) for this construction.
> > You may also need to name your second Voice context.
> > For reference, you'll want to re-read section 1.5.2 of the Notation  
> >  Reference, Multiple Voices.
>
> Here's a function that might help.
>
> Cheers,
> Kieren.
>
> ___________________________
>
> \version "2.13"
> #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)
>
> split = #(define-music-function (parser location upper lower)
> (ly:music? ly:music?)
> #{ << { \voiceOne $upper } \context Voice = "2" { \voiceTwo $lower } >>
> \oneVoice #})
>
> splitMusic = \relative
> {
>   c'4 b a b \split { c1 b4( a) g2 } { c,4 d e f g1 }
> }
>
> theWords = \lyricmode {
>   This is how we split mu -- sic!
> }
>
> \score
> {
>   <<
>     \new Voice = "melody" \splitMusic
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \theWords }
>   >>
> }