Corrected MWE (it turns out that \shiftDurations is irrelevant; it is the dotted breve that is misbehaving):
\version "2.19.82" { \time 3/1 c'\longa. % should give \breve. ~ \breve. \time 3/2 c'\breve. % works as expected } \layout { \context { \Voice \remove "Note_heads_engraver" \consists "Completion_heads_engraver" } } > On 4 Jul 2019, at 20:30, Graham King <lilyp...@tremagi.org.uk> wrote: > > Is there a way to make the following MWE generate a dotted breve tied to a > dotted breve, rather than breve~semibreve~breve~semibreve ? > > I would prefer not to abandon the use of shiftDurations or state "c'1. ~ 1." > if these things are avoidable, for weak reasons to do with my strategies for > transcribing mensural notation. > > \version "2.19.82" > > \shiftDurations #-1 #0 { > \time 3/1 > c'\breve. > } > > \layout { > \context { > \Voice > \remove "Note_heads_engraver" > \consists "Completion_heads_engraver" > } > } > > Grateful, as ever, for your kind suggestions... > > -- Graham > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user