On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 13:38, Nikolai Ho <honiko...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
> I cannot get the tuplet number to appear directly above the kneed bar.
> What am I doing wrong? Is it perhaps the version I am using? Thank you!
>
>
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> upper =
> \relative c' {
> \clef treble
> \key d \major
> %%%...………………………………
> }
>
> lower =
> \relative c {
> \clef bass
> \key d \major
> \time 6/8
>
> %%%……………………………………..
>
> \override Beam.auto-knee-gap = #1 %%%%%%%%%%%%NOT WORKING
>
> \tuplet 10/8 {\stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff a'32 e cis
> \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a, e a gis'
> \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e}
>
> \tuplet 10/8 {a e cis \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a,
> e a gis' \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e} \tuplet
> 10/8 {a e cis \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a, e a gis'
> \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e} \tuplet 10/8 {b' e,
> cis \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff gis a, e a gis'
> \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff cis e} \tuplet 10/8 {cis' gis
> e \stemUp\change Staff = "lower" \crossStaff a, a, e a a'
> \stemDown\change Staff = "upper" \crossStaff e' gis}
> }
>
> \score {
> \new PianoStaff <<
> \new Staff = "upper" \upper
> \new Staff = "lower" \lower
> >>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \PianoStaff
> \consists #Span_stem_engraver
> }
> \context {
> \Staff
> }
> }
> \midi {}
> }
>
>
It looks like positioning tuplet numbers near kneed beams is a new feature
in 2.19:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/changes/index.html
You can create shortcuts like:
u = { \stemDown \change Staff = "upper" }
... and use \u when you want to change to the upper staff.
Vaughan
