Hi all, I am wondering if the way LilyPond's tuplet bracket algorithm works is really ideal. It seems to me that the algorithm does not specify a maximum slope for the brackets, and can produce things like this:
\version "2.19.37" { \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' c'''>16 d'4 } \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' d'''>16 d'4 } \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' e'''>16 d'4 } \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' f'''>16 d'4 } \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' g'''>16 d'4 } \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' a'''>16 d'4 } \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' b'''>16 d'4 } \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' c'''''>16 d'4 } } <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n192294/22.png> If there would be a maximum slope, the results could be something like this: \version "2.19.37" { \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(6 . 4) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' c'''>16 d'4 } \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(6.5 . 4.5) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' d'''>16 d'4 } \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(7 . 5) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' e'''>16 d'4 } \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(7.5 . 5.5) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' f'''>16 d'4 } \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(8 . 6) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' g'''>16 d'4 } \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(8.5 . 6.5) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' a'''>16 d'4 } \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(9 . 7) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' b'''>16 d'4 } \once \override TupletBracket.positions = #'(13 . 11) \tuplet 5/4 { <f'' c'''''>16 d'4 } } <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n192294/21.png> The latter seems like a more reasonable approach to me. Does anyone have access to Elaine Gould's /Behind Bars/? If so, what does she says about the bracket slope? Cheers! Gilberto -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/tuplet-bracket-slope-tp192294.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user