4 voices, one staff

[dircknagy]

Hello all

I'm having trouble engraving a measure (treble clef) with 4 separate voices in it.

Beat 1 vertical alignment doesn't look right to me.

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Also, I was wondering if i could stem the lower two voices together, beats 3 and 4?

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Ideas?

(this is lute music arranged for guitar, BTW)
Thanks so much!
dirck

[Magnus Johansson]

Hello, Dirck! Is it the second voice that is in the middle of the stave with stems up in the first example, and the third voice below with stems down?

[dircknagy]

Hello, Dirck! Is it the second voice that is in the middle of the stave with stems up in the first example, and the third voice below with stems down?

Yes, but there is a bit of voice-crossing and voices dropping in / out. It isn't a pure "SATB" choral piece...it was originally for lute.

[John Ruggero]

You could move the half note to the left a little so it is a bit more over the whole note; otherwise I think that this is the best one can do. And I would go with the first way, in which the voice leading is completely clear.

[dircknagy]

You could move the half note to the left a little bit so it is a bit more over the whole note; otherwise I think that his is the best one can do. And I would go with the first way, in which the voice leading is completely clear.

Thank you!

Dirck

[Magnus Johansson]

Hello, Dirck! Is it the second voice that is in the middle of the stave with stems up in the first example, and the third voice below with stems down?

Yes, but there is a bit of voice-crossing and voices dropping in / out. It isn't a pure "SATB" choral piece...it was originally for lute.

OK. What do you think about this?:

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