Re: Gregorian notation - augmentum problem

[Phil Holmes]

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Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: Gregorian notation - augmentum problem


> Hi Phil,
>
> > I think there are two issues here: one is LilyPond's handling of bar
> > lines in what is intended to be unmetered music, and the other is your
> > use of the augmentum.  Taking the second first, the way you're using it
> > is putting an extra half beat in the music, so we effectively try to fit
> > 4.5 beats into a 4 beat bar.  This messes up the timing of every
> > following bar, so it's really not a good thing.
>
> I guessed that – but what can I do if I need the \augmentum ? Add spacer
> rests to fill up the bar? Or is this all cured by removing the
> Default_bar_line_engraver as you showed me below?


You can write \augmentum b4*2/3 which shows the dot but scales the duration 
back to a crochet.

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Phil Holmes