Okay, if I code the duration of the first two eighth notes in the left
hand, second measure, as 8 * 1/2, that works. The MIDI will be affected,
but at Alegro, I'm not sure anyone will notice.
--
Knute Snortum
On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 4:54 PM Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com>
wrote:
> Knute,
>
> In the original the first beat of the second measure is three against 2.
> The 5 against 3 does not start until the second beat.
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> Mark
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> *From:* lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org
> <lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org> *On Behalf Of *Knute
> Snortum
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 26, 2023 4:06 PM
> *To:* lilypond-user@gnu.org
> *Subject:* Aligning offset quintuplets and triplets
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>
> I'm having difficulties with a Scriabin etude I'm trying to engrave. I've
> attached an image of the first few bars. The challenge is that the first
> notes of the offset quintuplets and triples should line up at the beginning
> of the beams, but also at the start of a new measure. The snippet below
> alings the notes at the start of the measure and is "mathematically"
> correct, but the notes at the beginning of the beamed quintuplets and
> triplets do not align.
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> \version "2.24.3"
>
> rightHand = \relative {
> r2 \tuplet 5/4 4 { r8. e'16[ e e e e] e[ e |
> e e e] e[ e e e e] e[ e e e e] e[ e e e e] e e |
> }
> }
>
> leftHand = \relative {
> \clef bass
> r2 \tuplet 3/2 4 { r8 r c'[ c c] c[ |
> c c] c[ c c] c[ c c] c[ c c] c |
> }
> }
>
> \score {
> \new PianoStaff <<
> \new Staff \rightHand
> \new Staff \leftHand
> >>
> }
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> I've attached the output of this snippet. I can adjust the
> NoteColumn.X-offset of the notes, but this offset can change from measure
> to measure. Is there a smarter way to do this?
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> --
>
> Knute Snortum
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