Another puzzle/quiz/poll on beaming patterns for today. Consider the attached renderings of a phrase with many notes, many beams and inconsistent note durations (=> beam count). a) is rendered with a base duration of 1/8 b) with 1/16.
(Note that unlike my previous post this is *not* about choosing a default) In general I very much prefer b) because I think it's easier to read. According also to Elaine Gould b) is preferrable, with one exception: the subdivision of the second quaver in the second crotchet is not necessary. In this case she states (considering the "trade-off between ideal note groupings and consistency of division length"): "The ideal takes priority. Inconsistency in subdividing groups can sometimes be the best solution". In general she recommends dividing into groups of four equal notes and not two. Currently I don't see any way to capture such inconsistency short of manually setting the stem's beam counts, as one can't change the value of baseMoment during a beam. So what this seems to call for is an update to the beaming pattern calculation, something like (an optional) "do not further subdivide a group that already has exactly four notes" rule. But somehow I'm afraid of skating on thin ice when going into that direction. Opinions? Urs
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