Re: Polyphony, ledger lines, and dotted notes

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Payne" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 9:35 AM
Subject: Polyphony, ledger lines, and dotted notes


> See below - the dots are differently placed depending on whether the
> notes are in one voice or two:
>
> \version "2.15.16"
>
> \relative c' {
> <d a d,>4.
> << { d } \\ { <a d,> } >>
> }


According to Elaine Gould, they should be.  She says that downstem voices 
should have the dot in the space below the notehead, so this would make the 
lowest dot of the chord too high.  I think it's probably a matter of taste 
which is better, but a 2 voice chord will definitely be dotted differently 
from a one voice chord.

--
Phil Holmes