Re: Beaming and grace notes

[Urs Liska]

Am 29. November 2014 19:31:22 MEZ, schrieb Keith OHara <address@hidden>:
>On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 07:44:39 -0800, Knute Snortum <address@hidden>
>wrote:
>
>> Thank you both for your relies.  Keith, your second suggestion is
>what I
>> need, if I could designate a zero length note.
>>
>> Requirements:
>>
>> * An actual eighth note
>> * Grace notes need to "attached" with a beam to the eighth note
>> * Grace notes add no duration to the measure
>>
>> I've attached a picture of the measure.  It has a lot of challenges
>in it
>> for me.
>>
>
>These small notes are not what LilyPond's \grace was designed for, but
>more like the small-note tuplet that Harm pointed out.  We want these
>note to be spaced across the beat, but more quickly than their visible
>duration.
>
>LilyPond will do most of the beaming you want if you tell her how the
>music splits into two voices at the E-flat.  Ignoring the fact that
>there are two staves for the moment, try something like this:
>
>\version "2.18.2"
>{
>   \key des\major \clef bass \time 2/4
>   aes32 bes aes ges
>   <<
>     {\voiceTwo ees8 ~ ees4 |}
>     \new Voice {
>       \voiceOne
>       \scaleDurations 4/14 {
>         ees32[
>         \teeny
>         \override Stem  #'no-stem-extend = ##t
>         \override Stem  #'length-fraction = #0.7
>         ges aes bes des' ges, bes, c  des f] ges[ bes c' des']
>         \normalsize
>         \revert Stem  #'no-stem-extend
>         \revert Stem  #'length-fraction
>       }
>       f'16-> des'
>       c32 des c bes,| } >> }
>
>We should probably put a Debussy example in the user manual (if he's in
>public domain in europe by now) 

He is so since 1988.

>and also make a shorthand for
>\graceStyleOn \graceStyleOff because often we want the style but do not
>want LilyPond's \grace timing.
>
>
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