Re: beaming in 2.13 - other question

[Peter Van Kranenburg]

On 1/9/11 4:02 AM, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> On 1/8/11 5:08 PM, "Peter Van Kranenburg"
> <address@hidden>  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Consider the following example (adapted from the manual):
> >
> > \version "2.13.44"
> > \relative c'' {
> > \time 3/16
> > \set Timing.beatStructure = #'(2 1)
> > \set Timing.beamExceptions =
> >     #'(                         ;start of alist
> >        (end .                   ;entry for end of beams
> >         (                       ;start of alist of end points
> >          ((1 . 32) . (6))       ;rule for 1/32 beams
> >         )))                     %close all entries
> > c16 c c |
> > c32 c c c c c |
> > c32 c c c c16 |
> > }
> >
> > In the third bar, the 16th is connected to the 32s, while the rule for
> > 16th's says that the third sixteenth should be unbeamed.
>
> There's a conflict between your understanding and the rules.  A beam with 4
> 1/32 notes and 1 1/16 note is a 1/32 beam, so it's doing exactly what it is
> supposed to do.  It's beaming it in 6/32, which is what you've asked it to
> do.

Ok. I understand. Thank you for the explanation.

> As far as I know, it doesn't make much musical sense to do what you're
> asking for, so having it not work in autobeaming doesn't seem to be too much
> of a problem.

My aim was to group 8th notes in a 6/8 meter as (2 1 2 1), which 
corresponds to the desired articulation, but in the same score I want 
the 16th grouped as (6 6) instead of (4 2 4 2). As I understand it now, 
this is impossible without manual beaming.

For the score I'm working on it's not crucial. It just would have been 
nice.

Best,
Peter

> If you want this to work, you'll need to do manual beaming.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl