Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Saul Tobin
-- Forwarded message -- >> From: David Kastrup >> To: Kieren MacMillan >> Cc: foxfanfare , Lilypond-User Mailing List < >> lilypond-user@gnu.org> >> Bcc: >> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:33:07 +0200 >> Subject: Re: Automatic beaming with rest &g

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> -- Forwarded message -- > From: David Kastrup > To: Kieren MacMillan > Cc: foxfanfare , Lilypond-User Mailing List < > lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:33:07 +0200 > Subject: Re: Automatic beaming with rest > Ki

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Carl, > I think that if we can get smarter autobeaming (like we need to do to get > subdivision and tuplets done right) we can do beaming over rests. Probably > we need to do a two-pass beam check to get the autobeaming right for > subdivision, and if we do two-pass, we can beam over

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 4/2/19, 9:41 AM, "Kieren MacMillan" wrote: >Hi David, >> What is the "beat" as defined for the beam? > Perhaps I should use the word "moment"… Example: In 3/4, one can set the autobeamer to beam sub-quarter notes as 3, or 2+1, or 1+2, or 1+1+1 (or even other

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > What is the "beat" as defined for the beam? Perhaps I should use the word "moment"… Example: In 3/4, one can set the autobeamer to beam sub-quarter notes as 3, or 2+1, or 1+2, or 1+1+1 (or even other options, I suppose). The moment an auto-beam encompasses (as a result of the

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > So if we have > { \time 4/4 c'8 r4 c'8 8 8 8 8 } > will there be a beam across r4? Would there be a beam across c'8 c'4 c'8 ? If yes, then yes; if no, then no. > What if we have r8 r8 instead? Would there be a beam across c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 ? If yes, then yes; if no, then no.

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > p.s. > > Before you ask: Yes, it would be great to include the option/parameter > to extend across *all* rests that fall within the "beat" as defined > for the beam, What is the "beat" as defined for the beam? > even if they fall outside the compass of the two

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi David, > >> So if you have a bar containing only rests, the autobeamer places > beams over them? > > LOL > Sure, we can play this game… It's not a game to work out specs. It's not optional. Computers don't do handwaving. > An automatic beam must start from a

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi there, > I don't think it's quite that simple as rests that begin or end beam groups > wouldn't have beams over them, only ones in the middle. Not strictly true: in modern scores, the beam could easily extend over those rests (especially if stemlets are used). We just need to give the user

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
p.s. Before you ask: Yes, it would be great to include the option/parameter to extend across *all* rests that fall within the "beat" as defined for the beam, even if they fall outside the compass of the two "boundary notes" for the auto beam. Kieren. Kieren

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Br. Samuel Springuel
On 2019-04-02 11:05 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: The auto-beamer should beam according to the settings that it would apply if there were no rests. I don't think it's quite that simple as rests that begin or end beam groups wouldn't have beams over them, only ones in the middle. It might be

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > So if you have a bar containing only rests, the autobeamer places beams over > them? LOL Sure, we can play this game… An automatic beam must start from a note and end at a second note. Cheers, Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website:

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi David, > >> It is not clear what that option would be supposed to do when. > > The auto-beamer should beam according to the settings that it would > apply if there were no rests. > > Seems perfectly clear to me… but maybe that’s because I want the feature. =) So

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > It is not clear what that option would be supposed to do when. The auto-beamer should beam according to the settings that it would apply if there were no rests. Seems perfectly clear to me… but maybe that’s because I want the feature. =) Cheers, Kieren.

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hey there, > >> But in my case, it is a typical engraving rule and I was wondering if I >> wasn't missing a little option like >> \set BeamOverRest = ##t > > I would love that option. Maybe submit it as a formal request? Too much handwaving. It is not clear what

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-04-02 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hey there, > But in my case, it is a typical engraving rule and I was wondering if I > wasn't missing a little option like > \set BeamOverRest = ##t I would love that option. Maybe submit it as a formal request? Cheers, Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-03-31 Thread foxfanfare
Kieren MacMillan wrote > The documentation explicitly says “the autobeamer will not put beams over > rests or bar lines” > (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/beams#manual-beams;). > I hope someone [with real Scheme-fu] offers you a function/callback/hack > that will do it

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-03-31 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi there! > is there a way to make the second line of my example to look like my > third line without writing manually the brackets each time? The documentation explicitly says “the autobeamer will not put beams over rests or bar lines”

Automatic beaming with rest

2019-03-31 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I have a score to write with a lot of beaming upon rests. Here is a short example: \relative c' { c8 c c c c c c c c r c r c r c r c[ r c] r c[ r c] r } By default LP make the beam duration of a half note in 4/4. But is there a way to make the second line of my example to look