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less than two visible stems


From: Sean Reed
Subject: less than two visible stems
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 22:03:34 +0200

hi,

i have a question/request concerning the beaming of rests and notes.

my rhythms are often complex, so i like to make the notation easier for the musicians by beaming notes and rests together that occur in the same beat. this works in many scenarios in lilypond, but i get warnings in others.

when i beam, for example:
r8.[ a16]
or:
r16 [ a8.]
or:
r8[ b8]

i get the notification:
warning: beam has less than two visible stems

and the image is often incorrect. it often works if i do it in an isolated test, but not if there are several of these within an input file.

i'd like to be able to do this, since a series of r8. a16 rhythms interchanged with r16 a8. rhythms is often very difficult to read if the notes and rests are all single and floating. the musicians often draw their own lines into the score to orient themselves around the beats.

is there a syntax which allows me to do this?
or could it be integrated?

thanks,
sean

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