Re: messy chord

[Trevor Daniels]

mark damerell wrote Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:03 PM


> Lilypond 2.13, trying to set a SATB vocal score using the
> template from appendix 4.1. In one bar the tenors sing
> (using absolute pitches)    g4
>
> first bass sing   g8  (f8)   (with an automatic beam)
>
> 2nd bass sing   g,4
>
> I have tried several ways to enter the bass parts, none
> of them work. The least bad I have found is
>
> <<   \\ { g8 (f8) } \\   \\  g,4 >>

Putting the 2nd bass in voice 4 is correct.

> and the g,4 collides with the beam on the g8.  Please how can I
> drag the   g,4  about 2 mm to the left?

Put
\once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #-1.2
immediately before the g,4.

But it would be more usual to have a 4-stave score when
the parts split in this way, otherwise it would be
very confusing to sing.  Then the 1st bass would have
stems up, 2nd stems down, so avoiding collisions like
this.  You can see an example of a 4-stave score in 
Learning Manual 3.4.2

Trevor