In my experience, at least, hemiolas are the exception, rather than the norm.
From the standpoint of a trained musician, I would think that the hemiola should be the exception rather than the norm... or at least that's what they taught me in theory, harmony, and composition. From the standpoint of a working (volunteer!) musician, anything that helps me find/maintain the pulse is both helpful and appreciated. Is it be time to reevaluate the "default" Lilypond beaming for 3/4 compositions? Alternately, or in addition, might it at least be appropriate to include some special guidance for 3/4 "eccentricities"? Just a few thoughts... Karen > On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:21 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > > Martin, > > Hemiola? > Cf. WTC I 3 Prelude, measures 97 – 104. > > Mark > > From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of > Martin Neubauer > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 6:59 PM > To: Lilypond-User Mailing List <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: AutoBeam Behaving Properly? > > > > On 6 April 2016 at 01:51, Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> wrote: > That would be unnecessary. Better use the beamHalfMeasure context property, > which is also explained on that docs page. > Interesting. In my defence I can only say that this wasn't available back > when I started out with lilypond. But I played around a little with it now, > and even though I can understand the sentiment behind it, the behaviour of > that property seems a bit unconvincing to me. (For starters, it seems it's > just a special case for a group of three quavers at the end of a measure.) > And while it's a pretty exact fit for the original problem, whenever I had > the need to alter the beaming I had to resort to more drastic measures. > > Besides all that I was wondering how often the odd half measure beam really > leads to ambiguity between 3/4 and 6/8 time in properly typeset music. (For > me at least that has never been an issue.) Trying to justify a change in the > practice of music typesetting (which as such is neither good nor bad) by > accusing the performing musicians of sloppy thinking seems somewhat > irritating to me... > > Sorry for going off topic a bit there, but sometimes my mind just wanders > off.. > > Best regards, > Martin > > -- > homme, ni présence > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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