Re: relative mode interacting wierdly with polyphony

[Ted Walther]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:55:26PM -0700, Ted Walther wrote:
> In relative mode, the definition of , and ' depends on the "last" note.
> Because of the behavior I will describe below, I'd appreciate a
> clarification of how "the last" note is defined.
>
> I have two different staffs.  Each staff usually has two voices going
> at once.  I've been doing it a bar at a time, and for each bar, putting
> in a << { } // { } >> section.  Now that I am 10 bars in, I'm noticing
> that the previous five bars are getting messed up, to varying degrees,
> as I add each new bar.  It is as if the definition of the "last" note
> that the , and ' octavation marks apply to is getting changed on the
> fly based on the new input.
>
> Is my procedure wrong?  Should I be letting the voices run all the way
> to the end instead of starting and stopping them at each bar?

My real question is, how does lilypond define "the last note" when in
relative mode.

> When I have two voices on the same staff, if the passage of time is
> marked by a note in one voice, will a rest in another voice in the same
> staff be made invisible?  Is there a way to make it so?

Please disregard this question; I found spacer rests in the manual.  My
tired eyes missed them the first time around.

Ted

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