Hi Ben, Combining two parts is not a trivial task and, sometimes, automatic \partcombine will not produce optimal results.
There are different cases when combining two parts in one stave: *1. only one part plays, the other rests* Write the active part only and mark it "Solo" or "Solo II" (these texts can be changed) *2. both parts have the same rhythm* In this case, both parts may even be written as "chords", i.e. sharing the same stem. *3. polyphonic passages* When both parts are rhythmically different, standard polyphonic notation will be used (opposite stem directions). *What has happened in your example?* In measure 2, Flute 1 rests, and therefore, the e' is marked "Solo II", has neutral stem direction and there is no rest symbol for Flute 1 (see above, case 1). Directly after that, Flute 1 kicks in again and \partcombine automatically switches to polyphonic notation (case 3). All in all, this is a rather unfortunate solution because of the missing rest, it is very obscure where Flute 1 actually comes in and it is hard to distinguish Flute 1 from Flute 2. *Solution* In cases like this, \partcombine can be directed by using \partcombineApart (polyphonic notation as in case 3), \partcombineChords for case 2 and \partcombineAutomatic to switch back to automatic behaviour. All the best, Torsten -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
