> On 3 Jan 2017, at 23:57, Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> wrote:

> I know this is a bit on the edge of being too keen on my part, but I don’t 
> consider this controversial at all from my engraving experience and knowledge 
> of current best practice.
> 
> NR 1.2.1.d 
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#ties> 
> correctly says that ‘Ties should also be used when note values cross larger 
> subdivisions of the measure’. However the example highlights (in 4/4 time)
> 
> 8 8~ 2 r4
> 
> as good example, where the half note still crosses the largest subdivision in 
> the measure.

This is just a quirk of the 4/4 measure, also mentioned in Hindemith, 
"Elementary Training", p. 30. In other words, the note should not cross the 2nd 
and 4th metric accents, but it can cross the 2nd.



_______________________________________________
lilypond-devel mailing list
lilypond-devel@gnu.org
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel

Reply via email to