Re: beatLength / beaming in 4/4

[u_li]

Am 14.06.2010 15:37, schrieb Carl Sorensen:

On 6/14/10 7:18 AM, "u_li" <address@hidden> wrote:

  

Am 14.06.2010 15:04, schrieb Carl Sorensen:
    

On 6/14/10 5:24 AM, "u_li"<address@hidden>  wrote:

  
      

[sorry if this should be a double post. When I first sent the message I
didn't
configure my current email client to use my registered address. As I don't
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my post on the list I assume it didn't get through. If it did please ignore
this second post ]

Dear community,

it seems I have yet another problem with automatic beaming (similar to
problems I read about recently).
What I want LilyPond to do is to beam consecutive 32th notes in a 4/4 time
in
groups of 4 (i.e. 8 groups of 1/8 length each).
    
        

What version are you using?  This is an important question, because the
autobeaming is changing right now.

Thanks,

Carl
  
      

The example file says "2.13.19" and this is probably true (I say
probably because I am not at my lilypond computer right now).
So I can just update regularly and hope that my issue ist right now
being addressed?
Would be quite good luck ;-)
    

I couldn't see the example file in my email (the forwarded email came
through as an inlined binary file).

beatLength only adjusts beaming if there is not an explicit rule for the
time signature.  beatLength is mostly used for beam subdivision, rather than
beam division.
  

OK. But in my example beatLength _did_ adjust beaming, only not correctly.

See the Notation Reference for setting automatic beam behavior:
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/beams#setting-automatic-beam-behavior>
  

Of course I have read this. More than once. But I have to admit this topic is quite complex and the documentation chapter is confusing (at least for me). I could solve some issues by studying the snippets but not all.
... I just re-read the topic and still find it confusing. But it seems I am beginning to comprehend ...
Do I understand the following correctly?

• in beam-settings.scm there is a default rule for 4/4 time: ((* . (1 1 1 1)).
  That is: beams are grouped in four groups of one beatLength (= 1/4) each.
• If I set beatLength to a different value the above rule is still valid but behaves wrongly because the grouping "1 1 1 1" refers to the now changed beatLength.
  Therefore I get four correct groups whereas the remaining notes are beamed together because there is no grouping defined anymore for them.
• This is why I have to figure out a correct overrideBeamSettings command with an explicit rule for my desired beam type.

???
If someone could confirm this I would happily (well, not really happily, but with a good consciensce) try to figure out a usable command on my own.

You will need to use the overrideBeamSettings command to set this up.

There is currently a patch in review that will change this functionality.
So if you don't need the score in the next week or two, you might want to
wait until the patch is resolved.
  

So if this is about the time to wait, I may rathrer do this and then try to tackle the technique. There is still so much to do, as well on the LilyPond side as for philological decisions, I can calmly put _this_ problem aside for a while.
Thank you very much (for the answers and the work your are obviously doing).
Best
Urs

Thanks,

Carl