> On 26 Apr 2023, at 17:06, Mats Bengtsson <mat...@kth.se> wrote:
>
>
>> On 2023-04-26 16:39, Michael Werner wrote:
>> \version "2.25.4"
>>
>> \new Staff = "main" {
>>
>> \overrideTimeSignatureSettings
>> 4/4 % timeSignatureFraction - i.e. the time signature
>> 1/4 % baseMomentFraction - what note duration to base this on
>> 1,1,1,1 % beatStructure - this is the beat pattern
>> #'() % beamExceptions - needed to disable the defaults, or some such
>> thing
>>
>> \new Voice {
>> \time 4/4
>>
>> \relative c' {
>> d4 d4. e8 e e
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
> Unfortunately that doesn't answer the question, since then d4 d4 d8 d8 d8 d8
> will also be beamed by quarter notes. As far as I know the answer to David's
> question is that it cannot be obtained using the current support for
> automatic beams. The beam decisions is only taken based on the shortest
> duration encountered since the possible start of the current beam. A more
> advanced support would be needed to be able to specify more specific beaming
> patterns.
>
> /Mats
>
I suspect that more advanced support is already there with the beamExceptions
(which the should be specified as a non-empty a-list
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/beams#setting-automatic-beam-behavior
but I've never experimented with it.
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