Re: Problems adding voice with rests

[Andrew Bernard]

Chiming in somewhat late. Here is what I typically write. The sort of
New Complexity music I engrave, I am forever setting stems up and down
manually, so perhaps this is not a 'normal' or 'proper' style, but it
works well and quick to do. The virtue of this setting is no messing
around with hidden notes, which, although useful and essential, I see
no need for here.

There's always more than one way to do it! TAMTOWTDI! (apologies to Perl).


Andrew


%====

\version "2.23.0"

{
  \clef bass
  \time 12/8
  <<
    {
      \stemDown
      e,2. _~
      \stemUp
      <e, _~ b, ^~>4. <e, b,>4 b,,8 |
      \stemDown
      e,,2. _~
      e,,2.
    }
    \new Voice
    {
     \shiftOff
      b,4.^\(^~ b,8 c e s2. |
      \stemDown
      \override Stem.length = #6
      e,2.\) _~ e,2.
    }
    \new Voice
    {
      s2. s2. |
      f4.\rest
    }
  >>
}

%====

On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 at 02:28, Peter Toye <lilypond@ptoye.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set this piece of slightly strange voice writing (see 
> attachment).
>
> It obviously needs three voices: one for the lower line (voice 2), one for 
> the upper line (voice 1) and a third for the rest at the end.
>
> The closest I've got is below, but this has two problems with the final beat:
>
> 1 - The bass octave is shifted right.
> 2 - The rest and its dot are separated.
>
> Playing about with \shiftOff and changing or omitting \VoiceOne have no 
> effect. Obviously I'm doing something stupid but can't work out what it is.
>
> Incidentally, neither the Learning nor Notation manuals say how to cancel a 
> \hide instruction. I'm a bit surprised to find that there isn't an \unhide 
> command!
>
> \version "2.19.83"
>
> \language "english"
>
> {
>   \time 12/8
>   \clef "bass"
>   <<
>
>     \relative {
>       b,4.~( 8 c e  <b~ e,>4.  4 b,8 |
>       <<
>         \hideNotes e4.)
>         \new Voice {
>           \voiceOne
>           \absolute f4.\rest
>         }
>       >>
>     }
>     \\
>     \relative
>     {
>       e,2.~ \hide Stem 4.~ 4 \revert Voice.Stem.transparent s8 |
>       <e e,>2. s2.
>     }
>   >>
> }
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
> mailto:lilypond@ptoye.com
> www.ptoye.com