Updates to NR chapter 1

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / notation / simultaneous.itely

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@@ -681,9 +681,8 @@ in bar 2, where the automatic merging fails.
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-Notes with different note heads may be merged, with the
-exception of half-note heads and quarter-note heads, as shown
-below.  Here the note heads on beat 1 of bar 1 are now merged:
+Notes with different note heads may be merged as shown
+below.  In this example the note heads on beat 1 of bar 1 are now merged:
 
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@@ -702,6 +701,9 @@ below.  Here the note heads on beat 1 of bar 1 are now merged:
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+Quarter and half notes are not merged in this way, since it would be difficult
+to tell them apart.
+
 Note heads with different dots as shown in beat 3 of bar 1 may be
 also be merged: