Re: breaking up joined triplets

[Hugh Myers]

Thanks Alexander,

Looks like good information all around. I'll give it a go.

--hsm

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Alexander Kobel <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hugh Myers wrote:
>>
>> In the following:
>>
>> \version "2.13.7"
>> upper = {
>>  \stemDown
>>  \times 2/3 { e,8 e' b } \times 2/3 {gis8 e' b } \times 2/3 { b e b }
>>  \times 2/3 { e,8 e' b } \times 2/3 {gis8 e' b } \times 2/3 { b e b }
>> }
>> [...]
>> the triplets are connected by a bar--- how do I prevent this?
>
>
> Hi, Hugh,
>
> it's nothing to do with the triplets themselves. In time 3/4, the whole
> measure gets a common beam by default.
> To change it, either use manual beams like
>  \times 2/3 { e,8[ e' b] } \times 2/3 {gis8[ e' b] } \times 2/3 { b[ e b] }
>  %% The [ and ] are the interesting parts.
> or
>  \overrideBeamSettings #'Voice #'(3 . 4) #'end #'((* . (1 1 1))) .  %%
> Replace Voice by Staff or Score if you want the change to affect a larger
> range.
>
> By the way, you can also use
>  \set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
> then you don't need to write all the tuplets separated, but you can just say
>  \times 2/3 { e,8 e' b   gis8 e' b   b e b } .
>
>
> Cheers,
> Alexander
>