Re: Beams across bars across systems

[Edward Neeman]

Hi Bart,

you want the allowBeamBreak set to true:

\set allowBeamBreak = ##t

Cheers,
Edward
--- Bart Diels <address@hidden> wrote:

> L.S.,
> 
> As a Lilypond newbie I encounter problems with the
> following.
> 
> In a certain part of the piece I am trying to
> encode, the melody line
> typically exists of an alternation of quaver rests
> and quavers. All quavers
> that belong to one phrase are linked by beams. Those
> beams usually go across
> bar lines. As many phrases do not begin on the first
> quaver of a measure
> (and therefore do not end on the last quaver of a
> measure), almost every bar
> line is crossed by a beam. But, as page width is not
> infinite, beams do not
> only cross bar lines, but systems as well.
> 
> What I would like to obtain, are systems in which
> the last bar ends with a
> beam sticking out, followed by a system in which the
> first bar begins with a
> beam leading to the first quaver.
> 
> I can't get that right: I end up with a score in
> which the last system just
> runs off the page, with may bars disappearing into
> nothingness.
> 
> Here is a simplified and exagerated example of what
> I am trying; imagine
> this being a fragment of the first violin part of a
> string quartet. How
> could this be made to work?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Bart Diels 
> 
> \version "2.7.11"
>   
>     melody = \relative c' {
>     \clef treble
>     \key a \major
>     \time 6/8
>     r8 fis8[ r8 <fis a>8 r8 <a cis>8
>     r8 <b d>8 r8 <g' a>8] r8 <a, cis>8[
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <b d>8 r8 <g' a>8] r8 <a, cis>8[
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <b d>8 r8 <g' a>8] r8 <a, cis>8[
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <b d>8 r8 <g' a>8] r8 <a, cis>8[
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <b d>8 r8 <g' a>8] r8 <a, cis>8[
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <b d>8 r8 <g' a>8] r8 <a, cis>8[
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <b d>8 r8 <g' a>8] r8 <a, cis>8[
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <g a>8] r8 <g' cis>8[ r8 <fis a>8
>     r8 <cis f>8 r8 <b dis>8 r8 cisis8
>     r8 <cis, f>8[ r8 <f a>8 r8 <g b>8
>     r8 <bes d>8 r8 des'8 r8 <bes, d>8]
>     r8 <g b>8[ r8 <a c> r8 <cis e>8
>     r8 <cis f'>8 r8 <f cis'>8 r8 <cis, eis>8]
>     r8 <cis fis>8[ r8 <g c>8 r8 <a b>8
>     r8 <bis eis> r8 <gis, cis>8 r8 <g a>8]
>     r8 <cis fis>8[ r8 <g c>8 r8 <a b>8
>     r8 <bis eis>8 r8 <gis, cis>8 r8 <g a>8]
>     }
> 
> \score {
>         \new Staff \melody
>         \layout { }
>         \midi { \tempo 8=360 }
>      }
> 
> 
> 
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