Re: Auto beaming

[Craig Bakalian]

Hi,

I don't know if you want to do this, but can't you simply use the beaming syntax [ ]

to handle your requirements.  Like

c8 [ fis c a c e \bar "|"

c8 fis c a c e c d c b \bar "|"

c8 d c b c g \bar "|"

c8 d c b c g c fis, c' c' \bar "|"

c,8 c, c' c'  ]  \bar "|"

would beam all of the above.  But, perhaps you don't want to do it this way?

Craig Bakalian

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On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:22 AM, address@hidden wrote:

Hi all,

I'm writing some un-metered music, using \cadenzaOn and putting in  

\bar "|" where I want barlines. However, the music is a lot of 8th and  

16th notes, and I'd like them beamed into quarter note groups at all  

times, i.e. 2 consecutive 8ths beam together, and 4 consecutive 16ths  

beam together. However, I've been unable to get this behavior to  

continue past the first 4 8th notes. See below for an example. LSR and  

the mailing list archives didn't turn up any solution to this, along  

with the snippets in the manual.

Thanks,

Ben

\version "2.11.62"

\paper {

   #(set-paper-size "letter")

}

notes = \relative c'' {

\clef treble

\key g \major

\cadenzaOn

#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 1 4)

\set Score.beatLength = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)

c8 fis c a c e \bar "|"

c8 fis c a c e c d c b \bar "|"

c8 d c b c g \bar "|"

c8 d c b c g c fis, c' c' \bar "|"

c,8 c, c' c' \bar "|"

c2 r4 \bar "|"

c,16 fis fis fis c a a a c e e e \bar "|"

fis16 c fis fis a, c a a e' c e e d c d d b c b b \bar "|"

\bar "|."

}

\score {

\new Staff << \notes >>

\layout { }

\midi { }

}