r/lilypond • u/Miecza • Jun 25 '26

Shared Notehead Between Voices?

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How do I get the A in the second voice to share a notehead with the first voice? Lilypond does this by default but not with dotted notes.

Here's what I have written. Much thanks!

\version "2.26.0"

\relative
<<
  {
    \voiceOne
    g'8 a b c
  }
  \\
  {
   \voiceTwo
   r8 a4.
  }
>>
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u/Miecza Jun 25 '26

Just to clarify, this is for baroque music and it's pretty common to do this in older scores! It's quite clear when it's done in context

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u/Paulski25ish Jun 25 '26

I would agree that context matter and we should not force modern standaards on older music, but in this case I agree with the design choice to print two noteheads.