On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 9:07 PM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> On 07/02/2023 21:57, Alberto Simões wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I am transcribing a piece that has a lot of tuplets:
> >
> > \tuplet 3/2 { a4 b8 }
> >
> > The duration of the notes is always this, just the pitch changes.
> > I tried to create a music function with this code
> >
> > myT = #(define-music-function (pa pb) (ly:pitch? ly:pitch?)
> > #{
> > \tuplet 3/2 { $pa 4 $pb 8 }
> > #})
> >
> > it works well, but I can't combine it with the context, for instance,
> adding slurs:
> >
> > \myT c( gis a4_.)
> >
> > also, I will need to attach other stuff to the notes:
> >
> > \myT c_. d^^ e4
> >
> > I understand that having a ly:pitch argument, I can only use... pitch
> > But changing it to ly:music?, I am not being able to control the notes
> duration.
> >
> > This is my first function, so sorry if this is too basic :-)
>
>
>
> This is not a dumb question. Try this:
>
> \version "2.24.0"
>
> myT =
> #(define-music-function (pa pb) (ly:music? ly:music?)
> (ly:music-set-property! pa 'duration #{ 4 #})
> (ly:music-set-property! pb 'duration #{ 8 #})
> #{ \tuplet 3/2 { #pa #pb } #})
>
> {
> \myT c( gis a4_.)
> \myT c_. d^^ e4
> }
>
>
> You need to receive the argument as ly:music? so as to allow
> articulations on the note. Then, you can override the duration,
> with ly:music-set-property! .
>
Understood. Thank you .
After looking to the example, it makes sense, but it wasn't easy to get
there :-)
Always great to learn!
> Also, you may already know this, but I want to make sure:
> \tuplet supports a form that allows writing consecutive
> tuplets with a single \tuplet command, like this:
> {
> \tuplet 3/2 4. { c4( gis8 c4_. d8^^) }
> }
>
>
Didn't knew, but in my case it doesn't help much :-)
Thank you,
Alberto
