Bertrand Bordage wrote: >Ok, I'll keep LilyPond's default beaming since it's the usual notation. >Thanks! >Bertrand
No! Beam it how _you_ like. Otherwise it’s like using Times font just because it’s the Microsoft Word default :-) Just say you’re following Debussy... I ran into a similar problem recently with my first real-world use of Lilypond. The music is from Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, and I needed to follow Mozart’s beaming: \relative c' { \key f \major \time 3/8 \clef "bass" c8^"Default beaming (correct)" (e16 c g e) | c'8 [(\grace { d16[ c16 b c]} e16 c g e )] | d'8\staccato c\staccato b\staccato c r r | \autoBeamOff \times 2/3 { d,16^"Manual beaming" [f a] } \repeat unfold 2 { \times 2/3 { d,16 [f a] } } \scaleDurations #'(2 . 3) { g [ bes c] g [ bes c ] f, [ a c ] | e, [ g c ] f, [ a c ] bes, [ d g ] | c, [ e g ] c [ g e ] c [ bes g ] | f [ a c ] f, [ a c ] f, [ a c ] | f, [ bes d ] f [ d bes ] a [ c f ] | c [ f a ] c, [ f a ] c, [ e g ] | } r32 f, [ a c ] f [ a c a ] f [ c a f ] | r c [ e g ] c [ e g bes ] g [ e c bes ] | r f [ a c ] f [ a c a ] f [ c a f ] | r g [ b d ] g [ b d b ] g [ f d b ] | r c, [ e g ] c [ e g e ] c [ g e c ] | \autoBeamOn \set Timing.beatStructure = #'(1 1 1) \times 2/3 { d'16^"\set Timing.beatStructure doesn’t work" f a } \times 2/3 { d,16 f a } \times 2/3 { d,16 f a } } I now suspect \set Timing.beatStructure = #'(1 1 1) didn’t work because Lilypond considers the beat to be a dotted quarter. Beam exceptions look quite Schemish and involving triplets would be beyond me. For the time signature engraver there is no difference between a "scherzo" 3/4 or 3/8 or one in three, but for musicians there is a difference and maybe it should be easy to specify at the beginning, something like: \time 3/8 \setBeat 8 % ...or \setBeat 4. Also nice would be something that parses manual beaming into beam exceptions: \specialBeaming { r32 f, [ a c ] f [ a c a ] f [ c a f ] | } r c [ e g ] c [ e g bes ] g [ e c bes ] | \EndSpecialBeaming Disclaimer: I’m making all of these comments free from any knowledge of Lilyponds internals :-) Vaughan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user