On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 13:38, Nikolai Ho <honiko...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hello, > I cannot get the tuplet number to appear directly above the kneed bar. > What am I doing wrong? Is it perhaps the version I am using? Thank you! > > > > \version "2.18.2" > > upper = > \relative c' { > \clef treble > \key d \major > %%%...……………………………… > } > > lower = > \relative c { > \clef bass > \key d \major > \time 6/8 > > %%%…………………………………….. > > \override Beam.auto-knee-gap = #1 %%%%%%%%%%%%NOT WORKING > > \tuplet 10/8 {\stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff a'32 e cis > \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a, e a gis' > \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e} > > \tuplet 10/8 {a e cis \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a, > e a gis' \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e} \tuplet > 10/8 {a e cis \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a, e a gis' > \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e} \tuplet 10/8 {b' e, > cis \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a, e a gis' > \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e} \tuplet 10/8 {cis' gis > e \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff a, a, e a a' > \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff e' gis} > } > > \score { > \new PianoStaff << > \new Staff = "upper" \upper > \new Staff = "lower" \lower > >> > \layout { > \context { > \PianoStaff > \consists #Span_stem_engraver > } > \context { > \Staff > } > } > \midi {} > } > > It looks like positioning tuplet numbers near kneed beams is a new feature in 2.19: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/changes/index.html
You can create shortcuts like: u = { \stemDown \change Staff = "upper" } ... and use \u when you want to change to the upper staff. Vaughan