On Jul 31, 2010, at 4:53 AM, Tim McNamara wrote:

> In the following snippet, Lilypond puts beams over the last three 8th notes 
> and it looks clunky:
> 
> \times 2/3 { d4 e4 d4 } b4 g'8 f8
> e8 d8 c'8\staccato r8 r2
> 
> I want the c'8 to not be beamed with the other two 8th notes in the last 
> measure.  When I use \noBeam
> 
> \times 2/3 { d4 e4 d4 } b4 g'8 f8
> e8 d8 c'8\noBeam\staccato r8 r2
> 
> Lilypond renders all three 8th notes without a beam instead of just the last 
> one.  Is there a reason for this?
> 
> Thank you!


As far as I understand, from lilypond's point of view, those three notes should 
be beamed together. If you say you don't want a beam there, lilypond doesn't 
put one. If you want just the first two beamed together, use e8[ d].
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