Re: something strange with tuplets

[Mats Bengtsson]

You want 4 16th notes to have the same duration as 3 normal 8th notes, i.e.
as 6 normal 16th notes. Therefore, you should use \times 6/4{...} to make
the math work out correctly, right?

  /Mats

Adam Good wrote:

> Hi, I'm getting strange results when trying to make a tuplet grouping...
> the piece is in 12/8
> i want four 16th notes within three 8th notes
>
> in the example below i have 2 staves.
> 1. the top is showing the proper rhythm and proper grouping of 8th notes.
> 2. bottom is a mirror of the above except i want to cram four 16th 
> notes into the first three 8th notes of bar 1.
>
> but you can see how the barline is getting shoved over to the wrong 
> place. it's interpreting two 16th notes as a full 8th notes for some 
> reason?
>
> ---
>
> \relative
>   \new Staff { \key c \major
>
>  #(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 12 8) 3 8)
>  #(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 12 8) 3 4)
>  #(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 12 8) 9 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)
>
>   \key e \minor
>   \time 12/8
>
> \repeat volta 2 { \mark \default
> c'8 d e d c b g a4. d,4 | c'4 b8 c d b g a4. a4 |
> c8 d e d c b g a4. d,4 | c'4 b8 c d b g a4. a4 } \break
>
> \repeat volta 2 { \mark \default
> \set tupletNumberFormatFunction = #fraction-tuplet-formatter
> \times 3/4 {b16 c d e} d8 c b g a4. d,4 | c'4 b8 c d b g a4. a4 |
> c8 d e d c b g a4. d,4 | c'4 b8 c d b g a4. a4 } \break
>
> }
>
> \version "2.8.1"  % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.
>
>
>
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