Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> writes: > Hi David, > >> I wonder whether it would make sense to use [! or ]! for a forced beam >> start/end. >> >> The main use of !? is after pitches to indicate accidental printing >> modifications. >> >> The mechanism would likely just tack on a "force" to the respective >> music expression, so it would land with the same engravers.
Turns out that the property is named `force-accidental' which makes this a worse fit for. >> >> But I don't really know whether there would be enough uses for this kind >> of thing to open this particular syntax can of worms. > > That's a very neat idea - but on the other hand, in some sence /every > /instance of [ or ] is 'forced' at the moment - it's just that these > always need a partner. > > Also, in my current version, the \_ operator does not try to > force-create a beam that wouldn't be there in the first place. So > > c8 \_ r c > > does not create a beam over the rest. I tend to think that's fine, though. So `[?` instead (which is `cautionary`)? This becomes less and less of a neat idea the more one tries to match this to existing realities... -- David Kastrup
