Re: Handling of subdivisions with shortened beams

[Urs Liska]

ehm, attachment?

Am 18.01.2016 um 18:20 schrieb Urs Liska:
> One more from this round of review ...
>
> I had changed the subdivision behaviour (which is already in 2.19.35)
> for shortened beams.
>
> c32 [ c c c c c c] r
>
> (i.e. a beam shortened by 1/32) subdivided by 1/8 currently has *two*
> beams at the subdivision - to indicate that the remaining group is
> shorter than 1/8.
>
> However, now I realize that we are not actually counting the *length* of
> a group but rather its metric situation. And I think that's the right
> way because this is how the performer gets the right information to
> "navigate" complex situations.
>
> OTOH this feature seems to have been welcomed during review, so I
> wouldn't want to silently revert that now. I had the idea to also add an
> option for this. If you consider the attached image, what would you suggest:
>
> a)
> Always do the first version (i.e. strictly beam according to metric
> position)
>
> b)
> Always do the second version (i.e. shorten to indicate the shortened
> length of the beam)
>
> c)
> Take a) as the default and provide a context property
>
> ?
> Urs
>
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