Re: another triplets question

[Mats Bengtsson]

The math is very simple, you want to squeeze in 3 half notes
to have the same duration as 2 normal half notes, so each of them
has to be 2/3 times as long as normal.

The tupletSpannerDuration property, on the other hand, is something
completely different. Normally, when you use \times 2/3 {...}, you
will get a single |_____ 3 ____ | bracket for all the notes within the
{...}, in other words, you have to write a new \times 2/3 {...} for
each new triplet. The solution to this problem is tupletSpannerDuration,
which splits a long run of triplet notes into a number of separate
triplet brackets. The value of the property should be the total duration
of each triplet, which is a full bar in your example. Of course, if you
don't need this feature, you should \unset the property again.

   /Mats

Chip wrote:
> Paul Scott wrote:
>
> > Chip wrote:
> >
> > > Now that the previous triplets question is answered and working 
> > > properly howabout this one -
> > >
> > > I have 4/4 time, 3 triplet 1/2 notes in one measure. I can get the 3 
> > > notes in the measure, but the triplet indicator is the # 3 under each 
> > > individual note, and no bar.
> > >
> > > \times 2/3 {fs2 fs fs ~}
> > >
> > > I've tried some variations on this -
> > > \set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
> > > in front of it but to no avail.
> >
> >
> >
> > Did you set this previously?  It says group the tuplets in quarter (1 
> > / 4) note groups which is smaller than the grouping you are 
> > indicating.  The correct one for a 4 quarter note (one whole note) 
> > grouping would be:
> > \set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 1)
> > meaning whole note (1/1) groupings.
> >
> > I took me a while to figure out how that related to the tuplets I wanted.
> >
> > I would guess there is a way to reset tupletSpannerDuration to get it 
> > back out if the way but I haven't looked that up yet.  Otherwise once 
> > you use it in a score you will have to keep changing it for each new 
> > tuplet group size.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Paul Scott
>
>
> Thanks Paul,
> I did have it set previously in the music for another set of triplets. I 
> set it to make-monent 1 1 and it now prints the half-note triplets 
> correctly. I guess I just don't understand the \times fraction (I'm 
> lousy at anything matematical), how it actually works, I've just been 
> shooting in the dark, trying differant numbers until it 'works'.
>
> Regards,
> Chip
>
>
>
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