Re: beatLength and \times n/m {}

[Urs Liska]

Am 10.10.2011 21:26, schrieb paul:
> I have a little problem with beat length which appears to have
>   been discussed in the past, nonetheless I
> cannot get the result I want.
> I have simple music in 2/4 time and need to display, per 1/4 note,
> sextuplets of 1/16 th notes.
>
> Ordinarily this is simple but I would like to have
> the six 16th notes appear as three groups of
>   two, not one group of 6. I have tried the
>   following to no avail
>
> \autoBeamOff
> \set subdivideBeams = ##t
> \set beatLength = #(ly:make-moment 2 16)
> \times 4/6{c16 c c c c d}
>
> Perhaps there is something pedantic about doing this
> inside a \times n/m {} construction ?
>
> Apologies if this is a trivial oversight on my part.
>
> Paul

I'm not sure right now if your approach would work in general or if you 
have to use Nick's version.
But in any case the beatLength you'd want is 2/24 and not 2/16. The 
beatLength works isn't influenced by your \times construct, so you have 
to use the actual duration.

HTH
Urs
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