Re: feathered midbeam direction change

[Trevor Daniels]

Neil

AFAIK the properties of beams are set at the moment the
beam starts and can't be changed thereafter, so I don't
think there's any way to make beams grow and contract in
a single unit.

One possible hack is to use two voices with the growing
beam in one and the contracting beam in the other, adjusted
to join together, just as Graham did for the tuplets recently,
but I haven't tried it, so it might not work.  If you try it,
wait 'til the children have gone to bed.  You might even
get the OUHM award if it works!

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Thornock" <address@hidden>
To: "Lilypond users" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:56 PM
Subject: feathered midbeam direction change


> Hello list!
>
> I've used the grow-direction property successfully in several 
> cases.
> But it only grows a beam in one direction.  I'd like to have a 
> beam
> grow toward the middle of the beamed group and then go the other
> direction toward the end.  I'm ready to graduate from endless 
> tweaking
> to get this effect.
>
> So my questions:
>
> Is there a way to slope each individual beam manually (like just 
> the
> middle beam in 32nd notes)?  I can use the #'beaming property to 
> get
> all kinds of interesting beams, but I'd like to slope them 
> independent
> of each other.
>
> Related, I suppose is:
> How does the grow-direction property of beams *work*?  Can I 
> access
> that functionality manually?
>
> Any other tips/hacks?
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
> --
> Neil Thornock, D.M.
> Assistant Professor of Music
> Composition/Theory
> Brigham Young University
> http://neilthornock.net
>
>
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