Re: Misplaced position of notes.

On Mon 10 Aug 2026 at 19:33:04 (+0200), Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> David Wright <[email protected]> schrieb am Mo., 10. Aug. 2026,
> 14:31:
> 
> I'm not a pianist but, looking at your score, I don't recall ever
> > seeing ledger lines between the staves, like your last E.
> > Shouldn't that note be placed on the upper staff?
> 
> 
> It's perfectly normal to have ledgers between the two piano staves.

Perhaps I was too terse, sitting on my bed in a hotel room.
Yes, altos sing low notes and tenors sing high ones. Yes,
chords will force ledger lines. I'm only talking about runs
that cross between the staves, as in the example (and I would
have thought that setting c' would make that obvious).

> More
> often than not, the decision whether to put a note to the lower or the
> upper staff is made according to which hand is suggested to be used for
> that note (but that's not a firm rule either).

I thought one would write some indication, like m.d. and m.g.,
if that was of importance.

But (AFAICT) placing the E on the upper staff would probably
allow the beam to slope upwards as well, so I guess there must
be some pressing reason to write it in that odd manner.

BTW, I did assume the use of \voiceOne/Two was merely to force
the stem directions. (Without more context, it's difficult to
tell.) Would one otherwise change Voice under a beamed group,
and what would that change even signify?

Cheers,
David.