Re: combining parts

[James E. Bailey]

is there anything similar to \partcombine but at the voice level? I  
think that would give me an acceptable solution. Or can I move  
\partcombine to a voice context?
On 09.04.2008, at 15:23, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> The simplest solution is
> ErsteStimme = { c''8 b' b' a' g' g' f' e' }
> ZweiteStimme = { a'8 a' g' f' f' e' d' c' }
> DritteStimme = { e'8 f' c' d' e' e' b a }
> VierteStimme = { c'8 d' a b c' b g f }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff <<
>   \new Voice <<\voiceOne \ErsteStimme \ZweiteStimme>>
>   \new Voice <<\voiceTwo \DritteStimme \VierteStimme>>
> >>
> }
>
> This solution will even combine rests if they happen in one and the  
> same voice.
> However, if you have simultaneous rests in all the four parts, then  
> you will see
> them duplicated, which may or may not be what you want. There have  
> been
> several workarounds proposed in the mailing lists and LSR to merge  
> the rests.
>
>   /Mats
>
> James E. Bailey wrote:
> > Is it possible to combine four parts into two voices on one staff,  
> > ideally with one voice stems up and the other voice stems down?  
> > I've gotten as far as two voices combined into one voice with stems  
> > in the direction I want, but every time I add the other voice, I  
> > either lose the two voice configuration, or I lose the stem  
> > settings. For reference, I've been playing with the following as my  
> > example.
> > ErsteStimme = { c''8 b' b' a' g' g' f' e' }
> > ZweiteStimme = { a'8 a' g' f' f' e' d' c' }
> > DritteStimme = { e'8 f' c' d' e' e' b a }
> > VierteStimme = { c'8 d' a b c' b g f }
> > OneAB = {
> >    <<
> >        \set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
> >        \partcombine
> >        <<\stemUp \ErsteStimme>>
> >        <<\stemUp \ZweiteStimme>>
> >    >>
> > }
> > TwoAB = {
> >    <<
> >        \set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
> >        \partcombine
> >        <<\stemDown \DritteStimme>>
> >        <<\stemDown \VierteStimme>>
> >    >>
> > }
> > \score {
> >    \new Staff {
> >        <<
> >            <<\stemUp \OneAB>>
> >            <<\stemDown \TwoAB>>
> >        >>
> >    }
> > }
> >
> > I also tried <<\new Voice = "1" \with {\remove Rest_engraver}  
> > {\OneAB} \new Voice = "2" \with {\remove Rest_engraver} {\TwoAB}>>,  
> > and <<{\OneAB}\\{\TwoAB}>>, and various things involving \stemUp  
> > and \stemDown, and I just can't seem to get it work.
> >
> >
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