Hi, David!

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 8:38 AM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:

> Abraham Lee <tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi, Chad!
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:19 AM Chad Linsley <cli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I’m by no means a seasoned Lilypond pro but I’ve been exploring how the
> >> program handles beams. In the essay, the 1950 Barenreiter Bach cello
> suite
> >> edition is held up as a benchmark of high quality engraving. Seeing this
> >> really helps the user understand why Lilypond’s default slurs are shaped
> >> the way they are (not overly curvaceous). However, when I entered the
> first
> >> few systems, the beaming was much steeper than in the Barenreiter. It
> only
> >> started looking closer to it when I put a blank measure on the end
> (three
> >> measures to system = tighter spacing). I then tried the various tweaking
> >> parameters for beams which worked fine on a beam-to-beam basis. What I’m
> >> curious about is whether or not Lilypond can be set to produce beaming
> >> closer to the Barenreiter without quite as much intervention. For
> example,
> >> the damping factor didn’t respond very sensitively when I tried using
> >> decimal points.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
> >>
> >
> > Here's my first page of this piece.
>
> I'd have been interested in the second one, the multi-string passages
> close to the end.  Since there are fingerings in your page, you are
> obviously not writing an Urtext.
>

Most definitely not. I am also not a string player, so you'll have to
forgive the fingering. I was merely copying this from another source as an
exercise.

Anyway, see the attached PDF which includes both pages. Hopefully that
satisfies your interests.

Best,
Abraham

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