Re: Automatic beam problem

[Trevor Daniels]

Daniel Raufison wrote Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:16 PM

> Shouldn't the following two statements do what I want? Unforunatley, it 
> does not work.
> 
> \set Timing.baseMoment = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
> \set Timing.beatStructure = #'(1 1 1 1)

You need to reset beamExceptions:

\set Timing.beamExceptions = #'()

These take priority over beatStructure.

Alternatively just insert manual beams if only a couple of bars
are affected.

This part of the manual is in need of a rewrite to avoid
this common error.

Trevor