Re: Voice split across staves?

[Keith OHara]

Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon <at> gmail.com> writes:

> my specific
> question is how best to show what seems to be a voice split across
> staves.  The following example should show what I mean: I’ve set the
> piece’s first bar twice, the first time as seems logical to me, the
> second time as it appears in the printed score:
> 

Your second setting, using two Voices in the upper staff, with output
that matches the printed score, is the way to go.

What you think of as one logical voice, the one with the chords, is
split across the pianists two hands.  Piano music always prints this
in a way that looks like separate voices, so it is best to use separate
LilyPond Voice contexts.   If you join the chord across the staves,
the reader will think it is a recommendation to play the chord with a
single hand, which is not the best way to perform this piece.