Thanks Knute, very clear example. And thanks David also for your reply.
What's about \oneVoice? In my examples adding or removing it doesn't change
the output.
Thanks, g.
On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 17:31, David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk>
wrote:
> On Mon 24 Feb 2025 at 07:58:19 (-0800), Knute Snortum wrote:
> > > On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 16:18, Gianmaria Lari wrote:
>
> > >> When I need to write a temporary polyphonic passage my code looks
> similar
> > >> to this:
>
> > >> \fixed c' \new Staff
> > >> {
> > >> \incipit %monodic
> > >> <<
> > >> \new Voice {\voiceOne \voiceB}
> > >> \new Voice {\voiceTwo \voiceA}
> > >> >>
> > >> \conclusion
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> %%%
> > >>
> > >> I just discovered that the lilypond online help propose something
> > >> different:
>
> > >> \fixed c' \new Staff
> > >> {
> > >> \incipit
> > >> <<
> > >> {\voiceOne \voiceB}
> > >> \new Voice {\voiceTwo \voiceA}
> > >> >>
> > >> \conclusion
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> %%%
> > >>
> > >> The output is exactly the same but I'm wondering if there are
> > >> substantial differences I should be aware of.
> > >
> > In the second form, the incipit, voiceB, and the conclusion are all in
> the
> > same context. That means that the conclusion will be in \voiceOne. This
> > can be useful if you want to, for instance, slur from the incipit to
> > voiceB, or from voiceB to the conclusion.
>
> It also simplifies adding lyrics for the same reason.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
>
