I got it working by creating two note blocks - one for the bending and one
for midi - I added an extra score for the midi
This works but isn't ideal as I have duplicate notes. At least it gives me
the score I want and the midi notes with no grace notes.
If there is a better way to do this i'm all ears.
Best
Lee
On Sun, 12 Oct 2025 at 10:54, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tina,
>
> Your right - it was the grace note confusing me. I assumed logical time
> was wall time :-)
>
>
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/special-rhythmic-concerns.html
>
> This gives me the durations I expect in midi. 8th note triplets 1/3.
>
> \tuplet 3/2 { d8\3 e\2 a\1 }
> \tuplet 3/2 { c8\1 a\1 e\2 }
> \tuplet 3/2 { g8\2 a8\1 e8\2 }
> \tuplet 3/2 { d8\3 c\3 a\4s }
>
> This is what I'm looking to see on the score - is there a way to show
> bends without using grace notes?
>
> Best
>
> Lee
>
> [image: riff with bends.png]
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 at 14:32, Tina Petzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lee,
>>
>> I am not sure what issue you have. Am I correct that you have an issue
>> with
>> MIDI output?
>>
>> > I'm using a hidden grace note to do this - I assume that is valid. I
>> > expected to see rhythm of 1/3 for all 3 notes. It's very close but
>> the
>> > first two triplets seem wrong. The third is correct and that was a
>> whole
>> > note bend. The 4th triplet is correct too.
>> >
>> > I'm pretty sure grace notes don't form part of rythym - I'm using grace
>> > note for full note bend, 1/4 note bend. You'll see the midi I
>> collected
>> > below the ly file.
>>
>> Grace notes are played back before the beat in MIDI, and will thus
>> shorten the
>> played duration of the previous note. Also I am not sure what you mean by
>> `0.2516th`. Would that be a note of roughly 4 whole bars? Also do you not
>> find
>> the grace notes in the MIDI output?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tina
>
>
\version "2.24.4"
\language "english"
\language "english"
\header {
title = "Riff test"
composer = "Nelly"
}
\paper {
#(set-paper-size "a4landscape")
}
global = {
\time 4/4
\key c \major
}
electricGuitar = \relative c' {
\override NoteHead.extra-spacing-width = #'(-2 . 2)
\tempo 1 = 20
\unHideNotes
\tuplet 3/2 { d8\^\3 \once \hideNotes \grace e8\3 e\2 a\1 }
\tuplet 3/2 { c8\^\1 \once \hideNotes \grace cqs\3 a e\2 }
\tuplet 3/2 { g8\^\2 \once \hideNotes \grace a16\1 a8\1 e8\2 }
\tuplet 3/2 { d8\3 c\3 a\4s }
\unHideNotes
}
midiscore = \relative c' {
\tuplet 3/2 { d8\3 e\2 a\1 }
\tuplet 3/2 { c8\1 a\1 e\2 }
\tuplet 3/2 { g8\2 a8\1 e8\2 }
\tuplet 3/2 { d8\3 c\3 a\4s }
}
\score {
\new StaffGroup \with {
\consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
instrumentName = "Electric guitar"
} <<
\new Staff \with {
midiInstrument = "overdriven guitar"
\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep 2)
} { \clef "treble_8" \electricGuitar }
\new TabStaff \with {
stringTunings = #guitar-tuning
} \electricGuitar
>>
\layout {
#(layout-set-staff-size 25)
\omit StringNumber
}
}
\score {
\new Staff {
\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"overdriven guitar"
\midiscore
}
\midi {
\tempo 1 = 20
}
}
