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Re: Polyphony?
From: |
Graham Percival |
Subject: |
Re: Polyphony? |
Date: |
Tue, 20 May 2003 01:07:23 -0700 |
On Tue, 20 May 2003 14:54:38 +1200
Jonathan Rosanowski <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm using lilypond for cygwin 1.6.0.
> I'm trying to write some guitar music. Sometimes the bass notes may ring on
> while notes above play. I'm guessing that I need to write this using
> polyphony. Is that correct? If so, then how do you enter a quarter note bass
> with two eight notes above it.
> I tried this < c8 e a \\ {a,4}> < c8 e a > but it pushes the second chord out
> to the next quarter note position.
That's close. Try this:
< {<c8 e a> <c e a>} \\ {a,4}>
The trick is nesting the <>s. :)
Cheers,
- Graham