Re: How to create complex chord

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Larry,

how come you asked on the devel list? As the name says, this list is 
about developing LilyPond, not about using it – for that, there’s the 
user list.

On 06.04.2016 21:57, Larry wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to create a chord of which part is a tuplet and don't know how.

A chord can only contain notes of the same duration, so for different 
durations you need two voices. Your example uses two voices, in two 
staves, and the most convenient solution would seem to be moving one of 
the voices to the lower staff. A correct version of the code is found below.
In any case, it will make your life much easier if you read the Learning 
Manual <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/index.html> 
for getting a grip on the basics of LilyPond. It’s indispensible.

So HTH,
Simon

PS. The example was already quite good in that it was complete and 
compiled fine. However, it might have been somewhat smaller still (see 
<http://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html>), e.g. by omitting everything 
for MIDI output. Just saying…

%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.18.2"
\language "english"

\paper {
  #(set-paper-size "letter")
}

global = {
  \key e \major
  \time 4/4
}

right = \relative c' {
  \global
  \tempo "Adagio sostenuto"
  \change Staff = "left"
  \voiceOne
  \tuplet 3/2 { e,8 gs cs }
}

left = \relative c, {
  \global
  \voiceTwo
  <cs gs' cs>1
}

\score {
  \new PianoStaff \with {
    instrumentName = "Piano"
  } <<
    \new Staff = "right" \with {
      midiInstrument = "acoustic grand"
    } \right
    \new Staff = "left" \with {
      midiInstrument = "acoustic grand"
    } { \clef bass \left }
  >>
  \layout { }
  \midi {
    \tempo 4=70
  }
}