I forgot to tell that this particular score was written in the old C clef :)
Anyway, a bit of fiddling around with the various solutions proposed, I found that this gives the desired result: \times 2/3 { \slurDashed a8[( \set stemRightBeamCount = #0 b \teeny c)]} \normalsize d,4 fis | Thanks for the precious help. Robert -----Original Message----- From: Wilbert Berendsen [mailto:lily...@xs4all.nl] Sent: 02 June 2009 14:57 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Cc: Jonathan Kulp; Robert Subject: Re: Optional notation Op dinsdag 02 juni 2009, schreef Jonathan Kulp: > \version "2.12.1" > > \relative c'' { > \override TupletBracket #'bracket-visibility = ##f > \times 2/3{\slurDashed c8([ d] \set fontSize = #-2 > \set stemRightBeamCount = #0 e[])} \unset fontSize f,4 } this one has the small beam in the same slope as the other one, and uses a (more modern) tuplet bracket (instead of the slur), which is dashed to indicate it's optionality. \version "2.12.1" \relative c'' { \once \override TupletBracket #'bracket-visibility = ##t \once \override TupletBracket #'style = #'dashed-line \once \override TupletBracket #'dash-period = #1 \once \override TupletBracket #'dash-fraction = #1/6 \times 2/3 { c8[ \set stemRightBeamCount = #0 d \teeny e] } \normalsize f,4 } best regards, Wilbert Berendsen -- Frescobaldi, LilyPond editor for KDE: http://www.frescobaldi.org/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user