Re: Confusion about beaming

[Marc Schonbrun]

On Sep 6, 2010, at 9:51 PM, Michael wrote:

> What I've normally done to make it clear is place the [ bracket directly 
> after the first d. See below.
> 
> \relative c' {
> c8 d[ e f g a b c]
> }
> 
> I feel this helps the clarity of the code, but this is what I do, I'm unsure 
> of anyone else.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael Morales,
> address@hidden



Michael,

It's a small tweak, but it does help. Thanks.

Marc

> 
> On 9/6/2010 9:47 PM, Marc Schonbrun wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I was wondering about why the decision was made in the input syntax parser 
>> to view beaming groups as follows:
>> 
>> }
>> 
>> \relative {
>>   c8 d [e f g a b c]
>> }
>> 
>> The above snippet beams from the d through to the final c. At first glance, 
>> it would appear that the brackets are encasing the e through c, and those 
>> notes would end up beamed together, but, alas, this is not the case.
>> 
>> This is one of those things that I can happily learn, but it takes a pause 
>> to get it right. Can someone comment on the history of this? I am simply 
>> curious.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Marc
>> 
>> 
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