Re: AutoBeam Behaving Properly?

[David Wright]

On Wed 06 Apr 2016 at 13:34:01 (+0200), Martin Neubauer wrote:
> On 6 April 2016 at 13:23, Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > > when I explored the effect of that setting, I wasn't sure the outcome is
> > really that desirable
> >
> > Wait… is your example **actually** what happens with
> > Timing.beamHalfMeasure = ##f?
> >
> At least on my computer, yes. I didn't check other versions of lilypond,
> though.
> 
> > It’s awful. That should DEFINITELY not be the default.
> >
> Reminds me a bit of the old quote: "The problem XML solves isn't hard, and
> it doesn't solve the problem well."

Reminds me of an old New Scientist column called "Nominative Determinism".
Or the Ronseal advert: "It does exactly what it says on the tin".

Having included it, I guess it has to stay, so it might as well be
added to the NM index.

> In 3/4 time, my beaming is always in three pairs of eighths, unless the
> > following two conditions simultaneously apply:
> >     (1) all sixth eighth notes are present (i.e., no rests); and
> >     (2) I want the measure to be felt in one, not three.
> >
> > Otherwise, it’s pairs of eighths beamed, or single eighths with rests in
> > all my scores.
> >
> That's very sensible and pretty much the same I do for more or less
> contemporary music.

Cheers,
David.