Re: Non-Standard Rhythmic Durations

[Nathan Ho]

On 2017-06-26 20:47, Brin Solomon wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm working on an algorithmic piece where all the rhythmic durations
> are an integer number of eighth notes long. I'm using
> Completion_heads_engraver to handle the bar lines, but I'm running
> into trouble when I need to write notes that are five eighth notes
> long. Is there a way to send an arbitrary rhythmic value (i.e. one
> that can't be described with the 8, 4, 4., etc system) to the
> Completion_heads_engraver, or do I need to enter all the "half note
> plus an eighth" rhythmic values by hand without automatic note
> splitting?

hi brin,

i'd say that's kinda outside the scope of lilypond, although you could 
probably put it together with scheme magic. instead, you should check 
out abjad (http://abjad.mbrsi.org/), which is perfect for that kind of 
thing.


nathan