Re: engraving question - temporary voices in vocal music

[Colin Campbell]

On 11-02-18 01:00 PM, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i have a SATB choral piece and occasionally some voices are split in
> two. If the rhythyms differ, a polyphonic notation must be used -
> that's obvious. But, what to do in the situation pictured in the
> problem.png attachment? Is the notation used self-explanatory?
> It's all about the first note. In my opinion it's clear that it should
> be sang by both voices, but maybe an explicit polyphonic notation
> should be used (see explicit.png)?
> Do engraving books say anything about this?
> What do you think about this?

As a choral singer, the "explicit" image says sopranos and altos sharing 
a staff; the "problem" implies a single voice splitting, probably 
temporarily, into e.g. Sop 1 and Sop 2.

FWIW!
Colin