Re: Automatically splitting long notes according to the beat?

[David Bellows]

Hey David,

> When all else fails, try reading the documentation.

> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#automatic-note-splitting>

>\new Voice \with { \remove "Note_heads_engraver"
                   \consists "Completion_heads_engraver"
                   completionUnit = #(ly:make-moment 1/4)
                 }
>{c'8 c'2 c'4 c'8}

Wow. I actually read through that section many times and never picked
up on the fact that completionUnit would help out in this case -- I
thought it only affected the split when it happened across bar lines.

Anyway, this works perfectly and gives one a lot of control on how to
split things up. Thanks!


On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 6:27 AM David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> David Bellows <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Lilypond groups beams automatically according to the beat. If you use
> > the "Completion_heads_engraver" you can get Lilypond to automatically
> > split long notes at bar lines tying them together.
> >
> > So I'm wondering if Lilypond can automatically split long notes
> > according to the beat and if I am just missing something?
>
> When all else fails, try reading the documentation.
>
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#automatic-note-splitting>
>
> > If you have something like:
> >
> > {c'8 c'2 c'4 c'8}
> >
> > then you might want it to automatically split at the middle of the bar:
> >
> > {c'8 c'4.~c'8 c'4 c'8}
> >
> > or even on every beat:
> >
> > {c'8 c'8~c'4~c'8 c'8~c'8 c'8}
>
> \new Voice \with { \remove "Note_heads_engraver"
>                    \consists "Completion_heads_engraver"
>                    completionUnit = #(ly:make-moment 1/4)
>                  }
> {c'8 c'2 c'4 c'8}
>
>
> > I've been searching for a while but I haven't been able to find
> > mention of this anywhere though I might not be using the correct
> > search terms.
>
> completionUnit is likely a v2.19 feature.  At least the v2.18
> documentation does not mention it yet.
>
> --
> David Kastrup