Vaughan McAlley wrote > On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 at 19:34, N. Andrew Walsh <
> n.andrew.walsh@ > > > wrote: > >> Hi List, >> >> I'm trying to use the \featherDurations command on a brief passage: >> >> \relative c' { >> a,,^\markup { \italic "subito meno mosso" }\( b cis dis eis8\) >> \override Beam.grow-direction = #LEFT >> \featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 2/1) >> { a,32[\( b cis dis eis]\)\fermata } >> \override Beam.grow-direction = #'() >> < a, cis e >16 < a cis e > >> >> } >> >> What I want is for that feathered group on the fourth line to occupy the >> duration of exactly one eighth note. As there are five notes, I'm >> struggling with the math, and thus what to put after ly:make-moment. >> >> Can you advise as to what the numbers should be? >> >> Cheers, >> >> A >> >> > I just consulted one of the two feathered beams I’ve written this century. > I was initially a bit baffled about the number I had chosen. It turns out > that number is just for MIDI playback (correct me if I’m wrong) and you > just put the notes inside a tuplet and omit the number. For typesetting > purposes the total length of the unaltered notes is what counts: > > \version "2.18.2" > > \relative d { > \clef bass > \time 4/4 > d2 e4~ > \override Beam.grow-direction = #RIGHT > \featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 3/4) > { > \once \override TupletNumber.stencil = ##f > \tuplet 5/4 { e16 [ dis-. ais-. fis'-. d-. ] } | > } > \revert Beam.grow-direction > cis1 | > } > > Vaughan > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user See the problem. How do you change the amount of "beams" you feather when the amount of notes is example 3. You need to just forget it? 3 beams are not possible? \relative d { \clef bass \time 4/4 d2 e4 \override Beam.grow-direction = #RIGHT \featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 3/4) { \once \override TupletNumber.stencil = ##f \tuplet 3/4 { c16[ d e] } | } \revert Beam.grow-direction cis1 | } -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user