"Trevor Daniels" <[email protected]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, January 12, 2011 3:40 PM > > >> Polyphony is not required here, as a proper notehead merge will do >> the >> trick, like the fourth example shows. The fourth example is correct >> after shifting an _unrelated_ notehead. > > In LilyPond terms polyphony is required when two (or > more) notes of different duration start at the same > moment. Two (or more) voices are then required to > code this. Merging noteheads takes place only between > notes in different voices. > > LilyPond currently has a documented restriction that > merging cannot take place if there are three or more > notes in the same note column. Here there are three, > so the third note has to be moved out to permit the > first two notes to merge. See the Real music example > in the Learning Manual where this is explained.
Is there an insurmountable technical reason for this restriction? It seems rather arbitrary. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
