Re: Double-stemming question.

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

Greetings Carl,

Thank you for your explanation. What you say makes sense. I suppose I
would have liked an appearance where, at first glance, the second pair
of chords in the example do not look like four chords but two, like
the first two chords. Given that the entire piece is made up of these
gestures, one should fairly easily intuit that the chords with seconds
are in fact the same chords from upper to lower voice.

Thank you again.

Hwaen Ch'uqi


On 7/4/20, Carl Sorensen <carl.d.sorensen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 9:20 AM Hwaen Ch'uqi <hwaenchuqi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> In the following measure of code, there are several instances of
>> double-stemming. The single notes and triads merge correctly, but the
>> four-note chords do not. I feel like the reason and solution should be
>> straightforward, but I cannot seem to wrap my head around the
>> situation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please forgive the
>> slight length of the code. I have also attached the pdf output.
>>
>
> What would you like to have happen with double-stemming when the chord
> includes an interval of a second?
>
> For a chord not including a second, the stem is on the left side for a down
> stem and on the right side for an up stem.
>
> For a chord including a second, both the down stem and the up stem have the
> same position.  For a quarter-note or half-note chord, that notation would
> be confusing.  For an eighth-note or shorter chord, the flags or beams can
> show the direction of the stem.
>
> It seems to me that if you want to have a chord containing a second in two
> voices, the current LilyPond way of doing it is correct for quarter note or
> longer chords.  If there is a problem, it is that we might not need to do
> it that way for shorter chords.
>
> Carl
>