On 24 September 2012 20:44, Trevor Daniels <t.dani...@treda.co.uk> wrote: > > Vaughan McAlley wrote Monday, September 24, 2012 10:08 AM > >> Specifically, the pattern of eight eighths triggers a beamException >> that overrides what you’re trying to do. I’ve found that adding >> >> \set Timing.beamExceptions = #'() >> >> ...before doing anything to do with beaming makes everything a whole lot >> easier. > > Indeed. The documentation for 2.16 and 2.17 has been changed to try > to make this more obvious. See Setting automatic beam behaviour in > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/beams > > Trevor
I remember having Pabuhr’s problem with my first Lilypond piece (2.14, about a year ago). Though I’m not a beginner any more, the documentation does look a lot clearer, and having the 4/4 example is a huge help. A certain percentage of typesetters (including myself) prefer grouping quavers into groups of 2 in 4/4 time*, so this is likely to be one of the first customization jobs that many beginners might face. Vaughan * I don't have a good reason other than personal preference, but I assert my right to group quavers thus in my own music :-) _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
