Re: Beams, slurs and Chords

[Hans de Rijck]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your answer. I see what you mean, and it certainly looks good,
but it will be almost impossible to generate this from the input. I'll keep
your solution in mind though, as it is probably the way it should have been
notated in the first place.

thanks,

Hans de Rijck


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Scott" <address@hidden>
To: "Hans de Rijck" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: Beams, slurs and Chords


> Hans de Rijck wrote:
>
> >Dear Lilyponders.
> >
> >I want to enter the following piece (see .GIF) from Dvorak symphony nr.
9,
> >bar 19, clarinetti B and I just can't get it right in Lilypond.
> >
> >The closest I get is:
> ><< c''4.\p(  \\ f8.[ >> { e16 ] f8[}  <f, c' >8]  <g e' >2)
> >
> >but that results in an unterminated beam and unterminated slur error.
> >
> >I read in the archives that all articulations should be outside << >>
> >
> I hadn't read that and I don't do it that way.  The following gives me
> what I would want if I (I am a clarinetist) were playing it (actually I
> would prefer it on separate staves).  I didn't put the last stems the
> way you did.  That might require something trickier and would be less
> correct in my opinion - I'm not saying it isn't done your way in an
> actual part.
>
> << { f''8.(\p e''16 f''8 c'' e''2) } \\ { c''4.( f'8 g'2) } >>
>
> (I might put the dynamic somewhere else in the code but I don't think
> that's what you were asking about.
>
> Paul Scott
>