Re: AutoBeam Behaving Properly?

[Carl Sorensen]

On 4/5/16 3:53 PM, "Karen Billings" <address@hidden> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I have encountered an auto-beaming problem (actually, the Violist for
>whom I'm doing transcriptions brought it to my attention).
>
>When working in 3/4, Lilypond is autobeaming 8th notes in groups of 3 8th
>notes per pulse (as if it were 6/8) rather than in groups of 2 8th notes
>per pulse.
>
>Is this the expected behavior?  Is there an easier workaround than
>repeatedly turning autobeaming on and off?

\set Timing.beamHalfMeasure = ##f

This is described in the notation reference, under the heading "Beaming
based on beam exceptions".

In Romantic and Classical periods, half measure beaming was common.

HTH,

Carl