Re: overrideBeamSettings not working in 2.13.30

[Hans Aberg]

On 19 Aug 2010, at 16:25, Carl Sorensen wrote:

> > ... this does not work:
> > music = \new Staff <<
> > {
> >  \time 9/16
> >  \set beatStructure = #'(4 3 2)
> >  \repeat unfold 9 {a'16}
> > }
> > {
> >  \time 9/16
> >  \set beatStructure = #'(4 2 3)
> >  \repeat unfold 9 {c''16}
> > }
> > > >
> >
> > Though this does:
> >
> > music = \new Staff <<
> > \new Voice = "foo" {
> >  \time 9/16
> >  \set beatStructure = #'(4 3 2)
> >  \repeat unfold 9 {a'16}
> > }
> > \new Voice = "bar" {
> >  \time 9/16
> >  \set beatStructure = #'(4 2 3)
> >  \repeat unfold 9 {c''16}
> > }
>
> Yes, that's true.  One must be careful about how LilyPond creates  
> voices or
> not.  Explicit Voice creation is, IMO, always a good thing to do  
> when one
> wants to have different behavior in the different voices.

I guess that belongs to LilyPond's quirks. Anyway, thanks again.