Re: Looking for proper beam grouping

[Maarten Deen]

Nick Payne wrote:
> Much simpler to use [..]:
>
> \relative c' {
>    \time 3/4
>    d4. c8 b8.[ a16]
> }

For a single measure it is, but not if you have a dozen of them.
The macro worked like a charm, thanks.

Maarten


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden
> > [mailto:address@hidden On
> > Behalf Of Jonathan Kulp
> > Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2009 07:09
> > To: Maarten Deen
> > Cc: Lilypond User List
> > Subject: Re: Looking for proper beam grouping
> >
> > Maarten Deen wrote:
> > > I have a piece of music in 3/4 which has bars like { d4. c8 b8. a16 }
> > > Lilypond groups the last three notes together, making it look like a
> > 6/8
> > > measure, but I want the c8 to be separate and only the b8. a16 to be
> > > grouped (like a proper 3/4 would look like).
> > >
> > > I've tried some settings, like #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * *
> > *
> > > *) 1 4) or \set beatGrouping = #'(4 4 4) but to no avail.
> > >
> > > How can I accomplish this?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Maarten
> >
> > I use a macro that I found somewhere, probably in the Snippet
> > Repository:
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> >
> > qBeam = {
> >    #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 1 4 'Staff)
> >    #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 2 4 'Staff)
> >    #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 3 4 'Staff)
> > }
> >
> >
> > \relative c' {
> >    \qBeam
> >    \time 3/4
> >    d4. c8 b8. a16
> >
> > }
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > --
> > Jonathan Kulp
> > http://www.jonathankulp.com