Re: How to group whole notes/semibreves in one system?

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Klaus Föhl" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:01 PM
Subject: How to group whole notes/semibreves in one system?


> Hello,
>
> One staff line with tenor and bass voices, discerned by stem direction.
> Now there comes a whole note/semibreve and the bass splits into bass one
> and bass two. How to show the middle note is bass one and not tenor two?
>
> \arpeggioBracket <d a>\arpeggio
>
> looks about right visually to group the two bass voices save that the 
> bracket
> should be after the notes and not in front of them. How to achieve that?
>
> Cheers
> Klaus


I've checked Elaine Gould and can't find a rule for this.  I sing a lot, and 
my recollection is always seeing the bracket before the notes.  I would be 
confused if it were after, since my eye would not be drawn to the bracket 
until after I'd started to sing the note.  It would be even more difficult 
if the note was tied...

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Phil Holmes