Re: Compound time auto-beaming problem

[Joe Neeman]

On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 11:06 -0400, Matt Huber wrote:
> Hello all~
> 
> I am attempting to write some music in 12/16 time.  I would like the
> beaming to be in groups of six.  In the following example, the first
> measure is beamed correctly, but the second is not.  In the second
> measure, each 16th note should be beamed to the previous 8th note.
> Since these patterns occur frequently, how do I configure auto-beaming
> to do this, instead of manually beaming with [ ] ? 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> ~Matt
> 
> {
> \time 12/16
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 12 16) 6 16 )
> \set Score.beatLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 16)
> a8 a16 a8 a16 a8 a16 a8 a16 |
> a8 r16 r8 a16 a8 r16 r8 a16 |

I think Mats may have misunderstood what you wanted. You want the
following beaming, yes?
a8[ r16 r8 a16] a8[ r16 r8 a16]

If so, I don't think the automatic-beaming can help you; I don't think
there is a way to tell it to ignore rests while making up beams.

Joe