On Wednesday, 25 August 1999, John Sankey writes:
> In the following, beaming is supposed to be done by 1/2's, but a few
> bars (e.g. 4, 8 ...) are done in 1/4's. Shouldn't be that way, but I
> can't see any difference between the ones that are beamed correctly
> and the few that aren't...
I couldn't see the difference at first either. But it's simple if
you know what causes it.
Look at the this:
:r a.ly
\score {
\notes {
% \time 2/2;
a8. a16 a8 a a4 a
c8. c16 c8. c16 c4 c
}
\paper{
\translator{
\VoiceContext
beamAutoBegin = 0;
% beamAutoEnd = "1/2";
beamAutoEnd_8 = "1/2";
% beamAutoEnd3_16 = "1/2";
beamAutoEnd_12 = "1/4";
beamAutoEnd_16 = "1/2";
}
}
}
In the first bar, when the autobeamer reaches the third note (a8),
it sees if beam must continue:
* shortest=16: stop at 1/2 --> continue
* current=8 stop at 1/2 --> continue
so, the beam continues.
Second bar:
* shortest=16: stop at 1/2 --> continue
* current=8. stop at: nothing specified: end of beat = 1/4 --> stop
so, the beam stops.
Therefore, uncommenting one of the two commented beamAutoEnd settings
will cause the beam to continue on the 8. at 1/4. Changing \time 4/4
to \time 2/2 would also.
However, now that I think of it, maybe it is better to remove the
'nothing specified->stop at end of beat' rule?
Otherwise, quite some entries should be added to auto-beam-settings.ly,
time4_4beamAutoEnd3_16 = "1/2"
being just one of the obviously missing ones...
Greetings,
Jan.
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien/ | http://www.lilypond.org/
