Re: overriding default tuplet number

[Bret Whissel]

Thanks, Trevor.  Your solution doesn't seem to work in 2.8, but I'll
keep it in mind for after I upgrade.  In the mean time, Bert's solution
does seem to work for 2.8, though it is syntax with which I was
unfamiliar before now.

Ole, I was trying to write the time equivalent of

   \time 12/8
   bf4. a8. c8. bf4. a4.

but with the dotted-eighth notes written as bracketed duple quarter
notes instead.  The \times 3/4 { a4 c4 } gives the correct time scaling,
but writes a "4" in the bracket.  If I were trying to write 4 eighth
notes, this would be correct, but I think a "2" would be less confusing
in this case.

If anyone's curious, I posted the final piece to
http://bretwhissel.net/gloriapatri.pdf

Bret

On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 11:14 -0600, Trevor Bača wrote:
> On 1/29/07, Ole Schmidt <address@hidden> wrote:
> > do you mean
> >
> > \times 3/2 { a8. c }  ??
> >
> > best
> >
> > ole
> >
> >
> > Am 29.01.2007 um 16:53 schrieb Bertalan Fodor:
> >
> > > Try
> > >
> > > \times 3/2 { a4*1/2 c }
> > >
> > > Bert
> > >
> > >
> > > Bret Whissel írta:
> > >> On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 15:55 +0100, Ole Schmidt wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> \times 3/2
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks, Ole.  This will put a "2" over the bracket, but the time
> > >> scaling
> > >> is incorrect, since the notes will be lengthened rather than
> > >> shortened.
> > >> The goal is to put 2 quarter notes in the span of 3 eighth notes;
> > >> each
> > >> quarter note should be the equivalent of a dotted eighth, or
> > >> three-quarters of its normal value.
> > >>
> > >> I'm looking for a way to override the "4" and write a "2" instead,
> > >> while
> > >> keeping the time scaling factor the same.
> > >>
> > >> Bret
> 
> Cleaner to override the TupletNumber text:
> 
> %%% BEGIN %%%
> 
> \version "2.11.14"
> 
> \new Staff {
>    \once \override TupletNumber #'text = \markup "2"
>    \time 12/8
>    \times 3/4 {
>       c'4
>       c'4
>    }
> }
> 
> %%% END %%%
> 
> 
>