Thank you very much!
Am Samstag, dem 19.07.2025 um 00:47 +0200 schrieb Thomas Morley:
> Am Fr., 18. Juli 2025 um 19:06 Uhr schrieb Stefan Kägi
> <ska...@hispeed.ch>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > it would be quite handy for me if I could use \featherDurations
> > when
> > specifying manual syllable durations:
> >
> > \version "2.24.4"
> >
> > music = \relative c' {
> >
> > \override Beam.grow-direction = #RIGHT
> > \featherDurations 2/3
> > \times 4/5 { c16[ c c c c ] }
> > }
> >
> > words = \lyricmode {
> > \featherDurations 2/3 { d16 d c d c }
> > }
> >
> >
> > \new Staff
> > <<
> >
> > \new Voice = "test" {
> > \music
> > }
> >
> > \new Lyrics
> >
> > {
> > \words
> > }
> >
> > > >
> >
> >
> > As far as I can tell this is not possible. I know, I could use
> > addlyrics, but in the rest of the piece it works better for me if I
> > can
> > specify the duration of each syllable manually.
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea how to make this work or could someone
> > help me
> > with the math? Although I have read a thread about the calculation
> > of
> > feathered beams from a few years ago I am a bit struggling.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>
> featherDurations=
> #(define-music-function (scale music) (scale? ly:music?)
> (_i "Adjust feathered beam durations in @var{music} by
> @var{scale}.")
> (let ((orig-duration (ly:music-length music))
> (factor (scale->factor scale))
> (multiplier 1))
> (for-each
> (lambda (mus)
> (if (< 0 (ly:moment-main-denominator (ly:music-length mus)))
> (begin
> (ly:music-compress mus multiplier)
> (set! multiplier (* factor multiplier)))))
> (extract-named-music
> music '(EventChord NoteEvent RestEvent SkipEvent
> LyricEvent)))
> (ly:music-compress
> music
> (ly:moment-div orig-duration (ly:music-length music)))))
>
>
> music = \relative c' {
>
> \override Beam.grow-direction = #RIGHT
> \featherDurations 2/3
> \times 4/5 { c16[ c c c c ] }
> }
>
> words = \lyricmode {
> \featherDurations 2/3 { d16*4/5 d c d c }
> }
>
>
> \new Staff
> <<
>
> \new Voice = "test" {
> \music
> }
>
> \new Lyrics
>
> {
> \words
> }
>
> > >
>
> HTH,
> Harm
