David Sumbler <da...@aeolia.co.uk> writes: > What I don't understand is why I need both the 8th-note and 16th-note > entries. The name "beamExceptions" implies that one only needs to > specify the exceptional beaming - but the 16th note version is already > the default. Is it the case that if any exception is described, then > one has to describe all cases?
No. > If so, then the name beamExceptions is a bit misleading. > > Also I don't quite understand the underlying rules which mean (I > assume) that defining the 16th-note beaming as above, covers bars such > as | [8 16 16] [8 8] | and | [16 8 16] [8. 16] |. > Essentially the beam exceptions tell LilyPond that if a rhythmic structure has all the note ending points of a beaming exception, the exception applies. I don't know how LilyPond decides that a given exception "applies even more", namely prioritizes them. But there is something it does here. -- David Kastrup
