Re: faulty beam defaults

[Carl Sorensen]

On 3/13/10 2:02 PM, "T.Skeggs" <address@hidden> wrote:

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carl Sorensen" <address@hidden>
>> To: "Trevor Skeggs" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: faulty beam defaults
>>
>> On 3/13/10 8:15 AM, "Trevor Skeggs" <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Default beaming in 3/4 time is treated as though it were 6/8 time.
>>> 
>>> In waltz time, it should not be necessary to type:
>>> c4. d8\noBeam  e f
>> 
>> What version of LilyPond are you using?  I believe this is fixed in the
>> current development version.
>> 
> 
> Beam behaviour persists in version 2.13.13
> 

With the current mechanism for setting beaming, it's not possible to meet
every desire for the default beaming of eighth notes in 3/4 time.

One can find published rules for beaming eighth notes 2 2 2, 4 2, 2 4, and
6.

The default currently in place is 6.  To change that to 2 2 2, one could use
the following code:

\overrideBeamSettings #'Score #'(3 . 4) #'end #'((* . (1 1 1)))

HTH,

Carl