As far as getting the look you want, you need to use a combination of
Beam #'gap, Beam #'positions, Beam #'extra-offset, and NoteHead
#'stem-attachment. I've gotten very nice results with those
overrides. It's a pain, but it's worth avoiding the horrible default.
Hope that helps,
Neil
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Brent Annable <brentanna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a question, and perhaps a suggestion. I just typeset the following
> tremolo between two whole notes:
>
> \score {
> \relative c'' {
>
> \repeat tremolo 16 { gis32 b }
>
> }
> }
>
> and was quite disappointed by the fact that Lilypond places the tremolo
> beams horizontally and above the notes in question. I much prefer the look
> of the first tremolo in this image:
>
> http://media.wiley.com/assets/25/94/0-7645-5105-1_1309.jpg
>
> with the beams tilted and occupying the space in-between the whole notes. I
> read through the manual and searched for some snippets, but couldn't find
> any reference to this tremolo style at all. Is there any relatively simple
> way of achieving this look that I'm missing? And if not, could a tremolo
> style option perhaps be added for those who prefer them this way?
>
> Brent.
>
>
>
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Assistant Professor of Music
Composition/Theory
Brigham Young University
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