Re: setting beams for "odd" time signatures

[Adam Good]

Mats,
thanks for answering...interesting, that's what I was doing before as 
it seems logical but i'm not getting the results that I want, beams are 
not correct. code for the score is posted below. any ideas?

> No, not in that section but in the section on "Setting
> automatic beam behavior". Try something like:
>
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 12 8) 3 8)
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 12 8) 7 8)
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 12 8) 10 8)

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\chords { e4
 }

\relative
  \new Staff { \key e \minor \time 12/8

#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 12 8) 3 8)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 12 8) 7 8)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 12 8) 10 8)

\set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-numbers

\repeat volta 2 { \mark \default
d8 e e e4 b'8 a g fis g e4 d8 e e e4 b'8 a g fis g e4 \break
d8 e e e4 b'8 a g fis g e8 fis }
\alternative { {g4 fis8 g a g d e4. e4} {g4 fis8 g a g d e4. e8 fis} } 
\break

\repeat volta 2 { \mark \default
g4. g8 fis e d d4.~ d4 d4. e8 fis g fis g4 fis8 e d }
\alternative { {e4 fis8 g fis e d e4. e8 fis} {e4 fis8 g fis e d e4. 
e4} }\break

\repeat volta 2 { \mark \default
g8 a a a4 b8 c b4 g8 a4 g8 a a a4 b8 c b4 g8 a4 \break
g8 a a a4 b8 c b4 g8 a4 d4. c8 b a g a4. a4 } \break

\repeat volta 2 { \mark \default
c8 d e d c b g a4. d,4 c'4 b8 c d b g a4. a4 } \break


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