On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:19:42PM +0000, Colin Hall wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 08:39:00PM +0000, Darren wrote: > > > I'm not top posting. > > > > I'm trying to create a score for four voices SATB that uses AikenHeads > > (shaped > > notes). When two parts on the same staff overlap on the same notes (for > > example soprano and alto), it is customary to show the stems for the two > > parts > > going different directions so each part realizes that it is to sing the > > overlapping notes. > > > > When I try to do this with LilyPond 2.14.2, > > > > 1. The heads face in opposite directions, which obscures the shape of the > > head. > > > > 2. I tried suppressing the Note Head for one of the parts (made it > > transparent), however the stem does not meet the note head of the opposite > > part. > > > > Example .ly code follows. It requires a bit of detail to demonstrate the > > problem. I have a screen shot I can provide if that would help (but this > > interface doesn't accept attachments). >
> Thanks for putting the bug report together, Darren. I was able to > reproduce the behaviour you reported. > I also tried removing the \ignoreCollide from your source just to > see what happens, and I have to say that the output looks correct to > me. See attached. The notes are both supertonics and the note shape > seems correct. Ooops! Not supertonics, they are subdominants. But you take my point. > But I've never used Aikenhead notation so I may not be the best judge. I will > create a tracker so we don't lose your input. In the meantime, could you send > an example of good practice for colliding Aikenhead notes, or an image of > what you think Lilypond should do in this situation? New issue tracker is 2430, see link: http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2430 Cheers, Colin. -- Colin Hall _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
