On 26/10/2013, at 6:58 pm, Colin Campbell <c...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>> We tried using \cadenzaOn to get the unmetered aspect, but the >>>> fundamental problem is that \cadenzaOn turns off autoBeam, which in >>>> turn means that manual beaming in a cadenza creates unwanted >>>> melismata. > > The aim was to get vocal style beaming in beats, so that two eights are > beamed and four eights are beamed in twos. Using \cadenzaOn and autoBeamon > gives instrumental beaming, so three eights are beamed together, rather than > as a single eigth and a beamed pair.
If you switch the autobeaming back on, then using manual beams won't create melismata. Best wishes, Matthew _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
