Re: stem direction [Was: Snippet: Tie does not appear]

[James Harkins]

At Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:26:06 +0200,
Janek Warchoł wrote:
> > You probably want to learn to create and name voices with
> > \new Voice = "second"  and \context Voice = "second" :
> >
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/learning/explicitly-instantiating-
> > voices
> 
> Yes, i recommend that too. When you have explicit voices, you can set
> their behaviour using \voiceOne, \voiceTwo etc.

What is the purpose of naming the voices? If I do

\new Voice { \voiceThree

... it's fairly obvious to the eye which voice it is, without the added typing 
of 

= "third"

... correct?

James


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