horizontal synchronisation of notation in drum mode

[Brian Lloyd]

Dear Colleagues,

A relative newcomer to Lilypond, I am v. pleased to be able to notate drums in drum mode, and / but— 

Need your guidance on getting notation on beat in upper and lower voice to same horizontal location.


I am typesetting swing-feel cymr in the upper voice and writing figures involving bd, sn & hhp in the lower voice.

Decided to use simple eighths notation in upper voice to reduce problems, but still some ambiguity in placement of notes, even when eights in both upper and lower voice.


Things getting slightly more out of hand when typesetting triplet figures in lower voice, and need to do this.


Also— how to introduce slightly more space to make things more legible? I want to simply s-t-r-e-t-c-h things out a little.


Have checked documentation, but still a little unclear. 

Directions to relevant sections would be most appreciated, if that's all it takes.

Your help would be appreciated.



Sekantombi