Re: Beam collision next note's accidental within single voice

[Trevor Daniels]

Tom Hall wrote Monday, January 12, 2009 9:45 PM


> Nick Payne <nick.payne <at> internode.on.net> writes:
>
> > Why not move the beam instead. 
>
> A few choices:
> > %======================
> > \version "2.12.1"
> >
> > \new Staff  \relative c'' {
> > \time 3/8
> > d,4 ~ \once\override Beam #'damping = #+inf.0 d32 ees'16. |
> > d,4 ~ \once\override Beam #'positions = #'(5.5 . 6.5) d32 ees'16. |
> > d,4 ~ \stemDown d32 ees'16. |
> > }
> > %======================
>
>
> Thanks for your reply Nick. 
> The second solution was where I got to before posting,
> and though the third is tempting because simple, 
> it goes against my strict self-enforced stem direction policy.
>
> I think the e-flat shifting to the right is what _should_ happen 
> since horizontal spacing is always less strict than, say, stem legnths?
>
> So I'd be interested to know how to do a horizontal shift, 
> or isn't that a trivial matter?

This is the same as issue 76, but in this case
a fix is fairly easy and looks OK.

You'll find the answer in section 5.4.5 of the 
Notation Reference.  This explains how to lengthen
a beam, effectively moving the e-flat to the right.

Look for

\once \override Beam #'minimum-length = #5  % or whatever you want
\once \override Beam #'springs-and-rods = #ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods

Trevor