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Re: beaming patterns


From: Neil Puttock
Subject: Re: beaming patterns
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:09:43 +0000

Hi irenicus,

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:55 PM, irenicus wrote:
>
>  Now I want all five notes tied in one group, but also 3,4,5 tied in a
>  triplet. What Lilypond does on default is that it ties 4. and 5. into a pair
>  and lefts 3. alone.
>
>  Is there any way to handle such pattern? I saw something on automatic beam
>  behavior in the documentation, but I just don't understand it.

By default, LilyPond sets the beat length in 6/8 time to one quaver
(or eighth-note if you prefer), which is why you're getting the
"orphaned" third beam.

You can fix this by changing the beat length to 3/8:

\set beatLength = #(ly:make-moment 3 8)

Regards,
Neil




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