Hi, No, Trevor's solution was the one I needed. I wanted pairs of 8ths beamed together, not everything beamed together. Thanks though!
Ben On Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at 02:49AM, "Craig Bakalian" <cbakal...@copper.net> wrote: >Hi, > I don't know if you want to do this, but can't you simply use the >beaming syntax [ ] >to handle your requirements. Like > > c8 [ fis c a c e \bar "|" > c8 fis c a c e c d c b \bar "|" > c8 d c b c g \bar "|" > c8 d c b c g c fis, c' c' \bar "|" > c,8 c, c' c' ] \bar "|" > >would beam all of the above. But, perhaps you don't want to do it >this way? > > >Craig Bakalian >560 Keswick Drive >Yardley, PA 19067 >215-428-0856 >cbakal...@copper.net > > > >On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:22 AM, lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm writing some un-metered music, using \cadenzaOn and putting in >> \bar "|" where I want barlines. However, the music is a lot of 8th and >> 16th notes, and I'd like them beamed into quarter note groups at all >> times, i.e. 2 consecutive 8ths beam together, and 4 consecutive 16ths >> beam together. However, I've been unable to get this behavior to >> continue past the first 4 8th notes. See below for an example. LSR and >> the mailing list archives didn't turn up any solution to this, along >> with the snippets in the manual. >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> >> \version "2.11.62" >> >> \paper { >> #(set-paper-size "letter") >> } >> >> notes = \relative c'' { >> \clef treble >> \key g \major >> \cadenzaOn >> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 1 4) >> \set Score.beatLength = #(ly:make-moment 1 4) >> >> c8 fis c a c e \bar "|" >> c8 fis c a c e c d c b \bar "|" >> c8 d c b c g \bar "|" >> c8 d c b c g c fis, c' c' \bar "|" >> c,8 c, c' c' \bar "|" >> c2 r4 \bar "|" >> c,16 fis fis fis c a a a c e e e \bar "|" >> fis16 c fis fis a, c a a e' c e e d c d d b c b b \bar "|" >> >> \bar "|." >> } >> >> \score { >> \new Staff << \notes >> >> \layout { } >> \midi { } >> } > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user