@node Simultaneous notes
@section Simultaneous notes
+@lilypondfile[quote,ragged-right,line-width=16\cm,staffsize=16]
+{simultaneous-headword.ly}
+
Polyphony in music refers to having more than one voice occurring
in a piece of music. Polyphony in LilyPond refers to having more
than one voice on the same staff.
@node Collision resolution
@unnumberedsubsubsec Collision resolution
+@cindex Merging noteheads
+
Normally, note heads with a different number of dots are not
merged, but when the object property
@code{merge-differently-dotted} is set in the