Re: Building blocks request for review

[Thomas Morley]

2013/7/11 Urs Liska <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> I've made quite some progress in generating a complete set of rhythmical
> building blocks. I think it will make for a pair of post on our blog that
> _really_ show that Lily is infinitely superior to any wysiwyg tool at least
> in this respect.
>
> However, I still need some advice in achieving what I want (which isn't a
> complete copy of Aldridge's model but should be a basic proof-of-concept).
>
> Here you can download the current state of affairs:
> http://lilypondblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/building-blocks-a4.pdf
>
> One thing that is immediately visible is that the DrumStaff #'line-count of
> 1 ceased to work (suddenly, I don't know why). All the other settings from
> that \layout \context are still in effect.
>
> The other issue which isn't that apparent is the beaming.
> Starting with page 2 I notice bars where the beaming subdivision doesn't
> work as it should. I assume it has to do with beatstructure etc. but I don't
> see how I can deal with that so it works automatically (with all these
> different time signatures).
>
> Attached you'll find the sources used for creating the linked pdf file. The
> starting point is the to-be-compiled .ly file.
>
> Looking forward to any comments
> Urs

Hi Urs,

just started to look into it.
Some obvious points (I'll post them directly, before I forget about them)

Please use 2.16-syntax, if you declare \version "2.16.2" in
building-blocks-start.ly
or change the version.

Don't use \set in \layout { \context { ... } }

Move \numericTimeSignature into \layout { \context { \DrumStaff ... } }



Investigating futher ...

Regards,
  Harm