Re: Reverting Beat Grouping Commands

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 4/13/09 10:49 AM, "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 06:59:14AM -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
>> 
>> On 4/13/09 2:44 AM, "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>>  \set #'autoBeamSetting #'(lengths 7 8) =
>>>   \makeAutoBeamSetting '(* . ( 4 3 )
>>>                     16 . ( 3 5 6 ))
>> 
>> You're missing paragraphs on this setting.  It should rather be written as
>> 
>> \makeAutoBeamSetting '((* . (4 3))
>>                        (16 . (3 5 6)))
>> 
>> which means I've been missing a set of paragraphs in my examples too.
> 
> (
> 'sup dawg, I
> 
> herd u like
> 
> paragraphs
> 
> so I
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> paragraph'd
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> this
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> parENTHESIS.
> )

D'OH!  I shouldn't write emails when I first wake up!  I'm glad you knew
what I meant, and not what I said!

> 
> 
> 
>> Ahh -- I just thought that 8th notes are the longest notes with beams.  So
>> we could specify the *  entries as eighths, and allow fractions
> 
> I'm not totally certain about that.  I mean, I'm not certain that
> there aren't some wacky contemporary music pieces that change
> this.
> 
>> \makeAutoBeamSetting '((* . (1.5 4 7))
>> 
>> would then work properly.  Eighth beams would end at 4/8 and 7/8; 16th and
>> shorter would end at 3/16, 4/8, and 7/8.  And we could avoid the whole cons
>> cell entry, which I find rather difficult.
>> 
>> I think I actually like this syntax quite well.  Let the code take care of
>> all the complexity, and let users have it easy.
> 
> Speaking strictly from a user's point of view, why not keep the
>   \set beatGrouping = #'(3 3 2)
> which automatically takes the denominator of the time signature?
> ok, from a code standpoint you want beatGrouping to die, so what
> about
>   \makeBeamGroupings #'(3 3 2)

So then we could have \makeBeamGroupings #'(3 3 2) translate into an
autoBeamSettings rule for the current time signature.  I like that idea a
lot!  Thanks!

> and then translate that into the other stuff?  Then simple
> beamings (I consider my irregular 8/8 time to be simple :) can
> have a simple syntax, while people wanting exact control can do
> those nested list funkiness.  In their bases, of course.

All their base are belonging to me.

Carl