Re: Problems adding voice with rests

[Peter Toye]

Thanks Andrew - a bit late as you say, and I've already adapted Christian's solution. But it's probably the best one.


Best regards,

Peter
mailto:lilypond@ptoye.com
www.ptoye.com

-------------------------
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 7:35:06 AM, you wrote:

> Chiming in somewhat late. Here is what I typically write. The sort of
> New Complexity music I engrave, I am forever setting stems up and down
> manually, so perhaps this is not a 'normal' or 'proper' style, but it
> works well and quick to do. The virtue of this setting is no messing
> around with hidden notes, which, although useful and essential, I see
> no need for here.

> There's always more than one way to do it! TAMTOWTDI! (apologies to Perl).


> Andrew


> %====

> \version "2.23.0"

> {
>   \clef bass
>   \time 12/8
>   <<
>     {
>       \stemDown
>       e,2. _~
>       \stemUp
>       <e, _~ b, ^~>4. <e, b,>4 b,,8 |
>       \stemDown
>       e,,2. _~
>       e,,2.
>     }
>     \new Voice
>     {
>      \shiftOff
>       b,4.^\(^~ b,8 c e s2. |
>       \stemDown
>       \override Stem.length = #6
>       e,2.\) _~ e,2.
>     }
>     \new Voice
>     {
>       s2. s2. |
>       f4.\rest
>     }
 >>>
> }

> %====

> On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 at 02:28, Peter Toye <lilypond@ptoye.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to set this piece of slightly strange voice writing (see attachment).
>>
>> It obviously needs three voices: one for the lower line (voice 2), one for the upper line (voice 1) and a third for the rest at the end.
>>
>> The closest I've got is below, but this has two problems with the final beat:
>>
>> 1 - The bass octave is shifted right.
>> 2 - The rest and its dot are separated.
>>
>> Playing about with \shiftOff and changing or omitting \VoiceOne have no effect. Obviously I'm doing something stupid but can't work out what it is.
>>
>> Incidentally, neither the Learning nor Notation manuals say how to cancel a \hide instruction. I'm a bit surprised to find that there isn't an \unhide command!
>>
>> \version "2.19.83"
>>
>> \language "english"
>>
>> {
>>   \time 12/8
>>   \clef "bass"
>>   <<
>>
>>     \relative {
>>       b,4.~( 8 c e  <b~ e,>4.  4 b,8 |
>>       <<
>>         \hideNotes e4.)
>>         \new Voice {
>>           \voiceOne
>>           \absolute f4.\rest
>>         }
>>       >>
>>     }
>>     \\
>>     \relative
>>     {
>>       e,2.~ \hide Stem 4.~ 4 \revert Voice.Stem.transparent s8 |
>>       <e e,>2. s2.
>>     }
>>   >>
>> }
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Peter
>> mailto:lilypond@ptoye.com
>> www.ptoye.com