Re: Automatic beaming in vocal cadenzas

[Matthew Collett]

On 26/10/2013, at 6:58 pm, Colin Campbell <address@hidden> wrote:

>>>> We tried using \cadenzaOn to get the unmetered aspect, but the
>>>> fundamental problem is that \cadenzaOn turns off autoBeam, which in
>>>> turn means that manual beaming in a cadenza creates unwanted
>>>> melismata.
> 
> The aim was to get vocal style beaming in beats, so that two eights are 
> beamed and four eights are beamed in twos. Using \cadenzaOn and autoBeamon 
> gives instrumental beaming, so three eights are beamed together, rather than 
> as a single eigth and a beamed pair. 

If you switch the autobeaming back on, then using manual beams won't create 
melismata.

Best wishes,
Matthew