Wilbert Berendsen xs4all.nl> writes:
> Can't you just write:
>
> \autoBeamOff
> a c d e[ f g] a
>
> when autobeam is off, the manual beams already trigger a melisma in the
> lyrics.
No, this does not do the same thing. Take this example
extracted from a Tallis mass:
\version "2.12.3"
\conte
Op donderdag 04 februari 2010 schreef Russ:
> \autoBeamOn \melisma ... \melismaEnd\autoBeamOff
Can't you just write:
\autoBeamOff
a c d e[ f g] a
when autobeam is off, the manual beams already trigger a melisma in the
lyrics.
best regards,
Wilbert Berendsen
--
Frescobaldi, LilyPond editor
When setting vocal music, auto beaming is normally off, except during melisma.
I find myself constantly writing:
\autoBeamOn \melisma ... \melismaEnd\autoBeamOff
This is quite cumbersome, so much so that I normally write it like this instead:
[[ ... ]]
and run a perl script to pre-process
