Re: beams in a two quarter bar

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 12/29/08 3:56 PM, "Neil Puttock" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Stefan,
> 
> 2008/12/29 Stefan Thomas <address@hidden>:
>> Dear lilypond-users,
>> I have the following, I guess very simple problem, that I can't solve.
>> How can I get the beams in the below quoted example automatically?
> 
> I'm afraid this is more complicated than it used to be, since you need
> to do two things:
> 
> - revert the default auto-beam setting (as described here:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Beams#Setting-automa
> tic-beam-behavior),
> using revert-auto-beam-setting.
> 
> #(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 2 4) 1 4)
> 
> - override the default beatLength so it's no longer one crotchet;
> instead make it the length of the bar:
> 
> \set beatLength = #(ly:make-moment 1 2)
> 
> Carl, it seems that the auto-beam setting default here is redundant,
> since it matches the default beatLength.  Should we remove the default
> in this case?
> 

My preference would be to eliminate auto-beam settings wherever possible.
Certainly in this case, where it matches beatLength, I don't think we should
have it.

However, I would have said to adjust beatGrouping, rather than beatLength,
in order to achieve one beam per measure.

\set beatGrouping = #'(2)

Carl