On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 6:44 AM Hans Åberg <haber...@telia.com> wrote:

>
> > On 10 Apr 2024, at 16:54, Carl Sorensen <carl.d.soren...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 10:23 AM Hans Åberg <haber...@telia.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In the past, it was possible to give 9/16 the beat structure [[2 2] [2
> 3]], as a 2/4 with an extra 1/16 at the end, like in the Bulgarian
> Daichovo, but currently it is only possible with [4 2 3] as in:
> >>  \time 9/16
> >>  \set beatStructure = #'(4 2 3)
> >> Or [2 2 2 3]. But [[2 2] [2 3]] is easier to read.
> >>
> > Can you tell me a version where you could do this, and provide some
> sample code that uses it?
>
> I have an old comment in a .ly file that I once wrote, but it does not
> tell the LilyPond version it was usable in, as the file has been updated:
>
>   \tempo 4 = 120
>   \time 11/16
>   \set beatStructure = #'(4 3 4)
>
> %  Old beam settings:
> %  \overrideBeamSettings #'Score #'(11 . 16) #'end #'((* . (4 3 4)))
> %  \set beatGrouping = #'(2 2 3 2 2)
> %  \set subdivideBeams = ##t
> %  #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 11 16) 4 16)
> %  #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 11 16) 7 16)
> %  #(set-time-signature 11 16 '(4 3 4))
>
> Thank you for this file.  This syntax makes sense to me (but I haven't
verified that it still works).  I have never known the nested square
brackets for nested beams as an input syntax to work.

I'll do some more investigation.

Thanks,

Carl

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