Re: How do I merge a quarter-note with the second eighth-note of a pair?

[Paul Hodges]

From: Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: lilypond-user mailinglist <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: 13/04/2022 0:20
Subject: Re: How do I merge a quarter-note with the second eighth-note of a pair?

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 7:15 PM David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:

Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> writes:

> I think an example will make the question clearer:  How do I merge the
> B quarter-note with the B eighth-note following the D eighth-note
> below?
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
> \language "english"
>
> \layout {
>   \autoBeamOff
> }
>
> global = {
>   \time 4/4
>   \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn
> }
>
> melody = {
>   \relative {
>     \global
>
>     <<
>       { \voiceOne b'4 }
>       \new Voice
>       { \voiceTwo d,8[( b'8]) }
>     >>
>     \oneVoice
>     a8. g16 g4 r8 g8   |
>     \bar "|."
>   }
> }
>
> \score {
>     \new Staff { \melody }
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

WHY would you merge the B quarter-note with the B eighth-note?  They are
not even in the same time-step.

Then perhaps once again, I'm misreading what I'm transcribing... Wouldn't be the first time... Here's what I'm trying to reproduce:

I think that's a misprint in the source, and the upstem should have a flag.  I presume that below there are two sets of words with different numbers of syllables which require different grouping of the notes.

Paul