Re: combine music, merge noteheads

[Germain G. Ivanoff-Trinadtzaty]

> Try \partcombine {\stemUp \sopone} \soptwo
>
> This should do what you want, at least for this simple example.
>
> Trevor

Thank you,
this trick will only work for the simple example : you can't assign lyrics 
to the combined soprano part. Also, ligatures place on notehead side, and 
prevent to specify an alto part as \voiceTwo.
Germain



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Germain G. Ivanoff-Trinadtzaty" <address@hidden>
> To: "Lilypond users" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:34 PM
> Subject: combine music, merge noteheads
>
>
> Dear all,
> (PNG illustration attached)
> Given two music variables, "sopone" and "soptwo", would you show me how to 
> get an output like "desired 1" or "desired 2" ?
> I want to combine the to music expressions, having same noteheads merged, 
> and use the resulted combination as a \voiceOne (all stems up, so I can 
> put another "alto" part as \voiceTwo).
> Regards,
> Germain
>
> %% "test-merge-noteheads.ly"
>
> \version "2.11.49"
>
> #(set-global-staff-size 15)
>
> sopone = { c''1 c''2 g'8 a' b' c'' e'' f'' g'' e'' }
> soptwo = { c''1 c''2 g'8 f' g' c'' e'' d'' c'' e'' }
> \markuplines {
> "Dear all,"
> "Given \"sopone\" and \"soptwo\" (variables),"
> "how to get \"desired 1\" or \"desired 2\" ?"
> }
> \score
> {
> \new GrandStaff
> <<
> \new ChoirStaff
> <<
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "sopone"
>   \new Voice << \sopone >>
>  >>
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "soptwo"
>   \new Voice << \soptwo >>
>  >>
> >>
> \new ChoirStaff
> <<
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "desired 1"
>   \new Voice { \voiceOne  <c'' c''>1 c''2 g'8 <a' f'> <b' g'> c'' e'' <f'' 
> d''> <g'' c''> e'' }
>  >>
> >>
> \new ChoirStaff
> <<
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "desired 2"
>   \new Voice { \voiceOne  c''1 c''2 g'8 <a' f'> <b' g'> c'' e'' <f'' d''> 
> <g'' c''> e'' }
>  >>
> >>
> \new ChoirStaff
> <<
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "got 1"
>   \new Voice << \sopone \soptwo >>
>  >>
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "got 1 bis"
>   \new Voice << \voiceOne \sopone \soptwo >>
>  >>
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "got 2"
>   \set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
>   \new Voice << \partcombine \sopone \soptwo >>
>  >>
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "got 2 bis"
>   \set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
>   \new Voice << \voiceOne { \partcombine \sopone \soptwo} >>
>  >>
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "got 3"
>   \new Voice { \voiceOne \sopone }
>   \new Voice { \voiceTwo \soptwo }
>  >>
>  \new Staff
>  <<
>   \set Staff.instrumentName = "got 4"
>   \new Voice { \voiceOne \sopone }
>   \new Voice { \voiceThree \shiftOff \soptwo }
>  >>
> >>
> > >
> \layout {}
> }