Re: Musical notation question

[Karl Hammar]

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> Hi,
> 
> I have a question regarding musical notation/engraving. I am currently
> typesetting a piece of music which has two voices in ones staff. At the end
> of the piece the first voice goes from a g1  to an e1 ~ e1 and the second
> voice from an f1 to a g1 ~ g1 (I think, I do not have the music at hand at
> the moment).
> How do you indicate in such a case, which note belongs to which voice as
> there is no clue for the singer what note belongs to what voice (no stems).
> The only clue visible is that the tie is in the direction of the first
> voice, but that doesn't look too well anyway, so I am inclined to change the
> tie direction, as this looks much better

Would this suffice:

  VoiceA = \relative g' {
   g1 \glissando | e1 ~ | e1
  }

  VoiceB = \relative g' {
   f1 \glissando | g1 ~ | g1
  }

  \layout {
    raggedright = ##t
  }

  \score{
    \new Staff <<
          \VoiceB \\
          \VoiceA
    >>
  }

Regards,
/Karl