Re: tuplet error

2018-08-25 Thread Trevor Bača
Hi Craig, You can tupletize lone notes with no warnings: ### BEGIN ### \new Staff { \times 2/3 { g'2.:8 } \times 2/3 { a'2.:8 } \times 2/3 { bf'2.:8 } \times 2/3 { bf'2.:8 } } ### END ### [image:

Re: tuplet error

2018-08-24 Thread David Wright
On Fri 24 Aug 2018 at 13:58:56 (+1000), Craig Dabelstein wrote: > Hi lilyponders, > > In the following MWE I get this error: *omitting tuplet bracket with > neither left nor right bound* > > The compilation is fine. Anything I should do about this error? Correct this line: \tuplet 3/2 4 { to:

Re: tuplet error

2018-08-24 Thread Craig Dabelstein
Thanks Malte, that was stupid of me. Improved MWE below. Andrew, this is just a shortcut in notation, developed when scores had to be handwritten. Writing it this way (as in bars 1 and 2) is a lot easier than the long version (bars 3 and 4). It doesn't seem to be used much in modern scores but

Re: tuplet error

2018-08-24 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Aaron and Craig, I understand that already. But why the obscure notation is what I was asking. Surely it can be written clearly or more explicitly? And if you feel it needed explaining to me, it's going to need explaining to other players, isn't it Craig? Andrew On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 17:39,

Re: tuplet error

2018-08-24 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 24.08.18 um 05:58 schrieb Craig Dabelstein: In the following MWE I get this error: /omitting tuplet bracket with neither left nor right bound/ The compilation is fine. Anything I should do about this error? Yes.   \tuplet 3/2 4 {     g2.:8     a2.:8     bf2.:8     bf2.:8   }

Re: tuplet error

2018-08-24 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2018-08-23 22:50, Andrew Bernard wrote: As a keyboard player who has recently taken up flute myself, I am compelled to ask what you actually mean by this notation? To me it is not at all clear, and in my engraving work, clarity for the reader is my prime consideration at all times and in all

Re: tuplet error

2018-08-24 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Craig, It's a legitimate warning but not an error because you cant draw a bracket in this context really. As a keyboard player who has recently taken up flute myself, I am compelled to ask what you actually mean by this notation? To me it is not at all clear, and in my engraving work, clarity

tuplet error

2018-08-23 Thread Craig Dabelstein
Hi lilyponders, In the following MWE I get this error: *omitting tuplet bracket with neither left nor right bound* The compilation is fine. Anything I should do about this error? Thanks, Craig \version "2.19.82" \language "english" flute = \relative c'' { \tuplet 3/2 4 { g2.:8