> On 10 Apr 2024, at 23:29, Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 2:02 PM Hans Åberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There is actually one example of a naturally occurring meter, meaning it is >> used regularly, where such a sub-beaming might be useful, namely, a form of >> the Čoček in 9/8, 9 = 2+2+2+3, where 3 = 1+2. I wrote it as 2+2+2+1+2, but >> it would be nice to write it as 2+2+2+(1+2). >> >> If I write >> \time 9/8 >> \set beatStructure = 2,2,2,3 >> \set subdivideBeams = ##t >> then it ends up with all 2 = 1+1, and 3 = 1+1+1. >> >> So such examples may occur even if there is not a composer trying to do >> something special. > > So in the following, I think I get what you call 2+2+2+3, but unfortunately I > don't get 3 = 1+2. Do you agree with this statement? > > I have made it a little better, because the 2 are all 2, but the three is > just 3 (not 1+2) > > \version "2.25.11" > { > \time 9/8 > \set beatStructure = #'(2 2 2 3) > \set subdivideBeams = ##t > \set minimumBeamSubdivisionInterval = \musicLength 4 > \repeat unfold 18 a'16 > }
There is also the syntax \time 2,2,2,3 9/16 instead of \time 9/16 \set beatStructure = #'(2 2 2 3) Perhaps it should be extended somehow.
