RE: Question about \noBeam documentation

[Nick Payne]

Trevor

Thanks. There are only a few bars with this timing, so I have used the [...]
manual override.

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trevor Daniels [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Sunday, 11 January 2009 20:47
> To: Nick Payne; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Question about \noBeam documentation
> 
> Nick
> 
> The default beaming in 3/4 time permits beams to start
> anywhere but allows 8th note beams to terminate only
> at the bar end.  So a \noBeam placed on the final 8th
> note means there is nowhere for the beam to terminate.
> 
> If there are many bars with this timing you can override
> the default beaming, but otherwise the manual override
> is easiest.  The override to permit 8th beams to terminate
> during beat 2/4 in 3/4 time is
> 
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 3 4) 2 4)
> 
> The details are in Notation Reference 1.2.4.
> 
> (As an aside, I'm not sure that this is the best default.
> Maybe 8th note beams should be permitted to terminate
> during every quarter beat in 3/4 time by default. Alhough
> this would not give you the beaming you want either.)
> 
> Trevor
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Payne" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:15 AM
> Subject: Question about \noBeam documentation
> 
> 
> > The 2.12.1 NR section on manual beams says "Individual notes may be
> marked
> > with \noBeam to prevent them from being beamed". However, in the
> following
> > example, putting \noBeam on the dotted eighth note stops *all* the
> > previous
> > notes from being beamed, not just the note with \noBeam attached,
> unless
> > [...] is used to explicitly beam the other notes
> >
> > \version "2.12.1"
> > \relative c'' {
> > \time 3/4
> > \acciaccatura{a16[ b16]} a8-. g-. a-. b-. a8.\noBeam r16 |
> > \acciaccatura{a16[ b16]} a8-.[ g-. a-. b-.] a8.\noBeam r16 |
> > }
> >
> > Nick
> >
> 
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