Hello, an engraver can set the duration-log property conditionally as a tweak:
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \version "2.19.82" \layout { \context { \Voice \consists #(make-engraver (listeners ((note-event engraver event) (let ((durlog (ly:duration-log (ly:event-property event 'duration)))) (if (> durlog 1) (ly:event-set-property! event 'tweaks '(((NoteHead . duration-log) . 1)) )) )))) } } \relative d { \clef bass \key d \major \time 3/2 d1. | e1. | fis2 b,8*2[ cis d b] | e1. | fis2. gis8*2 ais2 | b2 b,8*2 cis d2 | e2. d8*2 cis2 } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% HTH Jan-Peter Am 04.10.2018 um 20:20 schrieb Pierre Perol-Schneider: > Hi All, > Another option: > > \version "2.19.82" > > \relative d { > \clef bass \key d \major > \time 3/2 > d1. | e1. > \override NoteHead.duration-log = #1 > | fis2 b,8*2[ cis d b] | > \once\revert NoteHead.duration-log > e1. | fis2. gis8*2 ais2 | b2 b,8*2 cis d2 | > e2. d8*2 cis2 > } > > Cheers, > Pierre > > Le jeu. 4 oct. 2018 à 14:32, Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch > <mailto:imj-muz...@bluewin.ch>> a écrit : > > Hello Graham & Aaron, > > Thanks, both your solutions work fine. Lily is really great! > > Avoiding to use multiplying factors as in b,8*2 has the advantage > that Frescobaldi can select the code from the glyphs and vice-versa > alright. > > A nice day! > > JM > >> Le 4 oct. 2018 à 13:29, Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com >> <mailto:lilyp...@hillvisions.com>> a écrit : >> >> On 2018-10-04 2:09 am, Jacques Menu wrote: >>> Hello folks, >>> I’ve found this in Charpentier’s Te Deum, as engraved by the >>> Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, which I had never seen >>> before: >>> It’s quite readable indeed, maybe more than using the modern >>> notation with quarters, and I’ve wondered if there a way to obtain >>> that with Lily. >> >> Simplest option is to use a note scaling fraction: >> >> d2*1/2 >> >> This produces a "half note" but it has been scaled in half so it >> only lasts as long as a quarter note. The note head, however, >> will still render as a half. >> >> The problem is that this does not let you do beaming: >> >> d2*1/2[ e f g] >> >> You will get an error because half notes do not support beams. >> >> One way to get around this is to use something like an eighth note >> (which does support beams) and then scale it so it lasts as long >> as a quarter (which is what the music in question needs): >> >> d8*2[ e f g] >> >> But now we are back at the problem where the note heads are >> showing as solid. Graham has provided a way to force the note >> head to render however you want. Allow me to provide an alternative: >> >> %%%% >> \version "2.19.82" >> >> \relative d { >> \clef bass \key d \major >> \time 3/2 >> \override NoteHead.stencil = #(lambda (grob) >> (let* ((dur (ly:event-property (event-cause grob) 'duration)) >> (dur? (and (eqv? (ly:duration-log dur) 3) (eqv? >> (ly:duration-scale dur) 2)))) >> (if dur? (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'text (markup >> #:musicglyph "noteheads.s1"))) >> (if dur? ly:text-interface::print ly:note-head::print))) >> d1. | e1. | fis2 b,8*2[ cis d b] | >> e1. | fis2. gis8*2 ais2 | b2 b,8*2 cis d2 | >> e2. d8*2 cis2 >> } >> %%%% >> >> What I am doing here is providing a function that checks to see if >> you are using the 8*2 duration specifically and only then >> adjusting the way the note head is displayed. >> >> -- Aaron Hill >> _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user