Re: How to write chords of different durations?

[Jacques Menu]

Hello Ken,

Can you post a picture showing what you’re after?

JM

> Le 21 août 2020 à 23:48, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Robin;
> 
>  Thank you so much for your reply.
> 
>  I've been reading your attached example, thinking about it and
> experimenting with it ever since.
> 
>  I now have a basic understanding of two ways to obtain chords of
> different duration (your method and partcombine).
> 
>  The result so far is that I can have the lyrics and piano portions
> engraved successfully if I ignore the chords of different durations.
> and I can get the piano portions containing chords of different
> durations without the lyrics.
> 
>  So far I have not figured out how to get both the lyrics and the
> chords of different durations in the same piece.
> 
>  I'm sure that the answer is staring me in the face, right under my
> nose, but it doesn't sink in yet.
> 
>  I'm sure that the successful result will be of making the simplest
> possible situation work and then build that into my existing, more
> complicated, work.
> 
>  There is so much yet to learn and master!
> 
> Ken
> 
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 2:12 PM Robin Bannister <rcb@dabble.ch> wrote:
>> 
>> Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>>> 
>>> the right hand of one particular measure has "bf2." and "d2 f8 bf"
>>> (this is 3/4 time).
>>> 
>>> How to engrave this? Do I need distinct voices for this?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> These voices must be made to run simultaneously. Use << >> brackets.
>> That way, the durations in one voice don't interfere with the durations
>> in the other voice.
>> 
>> This is shown in the Notation Reference
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.20/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices#-Explicitly-instantiating-voices
>> but that example doesn't have any chords.
>> 
>> 
>> I've attached a snippet which combines single notes and chords in
>> different situations.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Robin
>> 
>