\melisma and \autoBeamOn are different kinds of events; \melisma is attached
to the preceding note (similarly to things like staccato dots, -. ) so it
cannot be placed in a { } block the way you did. You can probably do
something like
m = \notes {s8\melisma \autoBeamOn}
and then use it like
<< g8[ \m >>
but I haven't tested it.
Erik
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 13.45, Russ Ross wrote:
> I'm setting vocal music, and I've noticed that beaming seems to follow
> normal rules within a melisma. I normally turn off autobeaming for
> vocal lines, but within a long melisma the conventions on old scores
> seems to be to follow normal beaming conventions, so I frequently end
> up with sections like this:
>
> a4. g8 a4. b8 |
> g8[\melisma b e d] cis[ d] e4~ |
> e8[ a, d c!] b[ c] d4~ |
> d8[ e16 d] c4~ c8[ d16 c] b4~ |
> b8[ a16 gis] a8[ b] c4. d8 |
> e8[ d]\melismaEnd d4 r2 |
>
> What I'd like to do is set melisma markings to automatically enable
> autobeaming for the duration of the melisma. My naive attempt was
> this:
>
> m = { \melisma \autoBeamOn }
> mEnd = { \melismaEnd \autoBeamOff }
>
> a4. g8 a4. b8 |
> g8\m b e d cis d e4~ |
> e8 a, d c! b c d4~ |
> d8 e16 d c4~ c8 d16 c b4~ |
> b8 a16 gis a8 b c4. d8 |
> e8 d\mEnd d4 r2 |
>
> but alas, it failed with "error: syntax error, unexpected
> EVENT_IDENTIFIER:" and pointed to \melisma and \melismaEnd in the
> definitions of m and mEnd, respectively.
>
> I tried a few variations with no luck. Even if I get the definitions
> right, I'm concerned that the beaming won't start until the second
> note, so in the example above I'm afraid the the beam I'd expect on
> "g8 b e d" won't include the g. Would anyone be kind enough to help
> me out?
>
> Since this seems like the standard way of doing things at least in
> classical music (I'm typesetting Bach) I think it may be worth
> considering as a standard part of the distribution. m and mEnd are
> probably not ideal names, but I think the concept is sound.
>
> Anyone else have any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russ
>
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