ly/auto-beam-settings.ly

   1 %%In the file ly/auto-beam-settings.ly, all necessary i-iii settings should
   2 %%be listed, here's a new version with more comments, (hw, please include).
   3 %%duh
   4
   5 % auto-beam-settings.ly
   6 % setup for auto-beam engraver
   7 %
   8 % specify generic beam end times
   9
  10 % format:
  11 %
  12 %     [time-signature]'beamAutoEnd'[duration]
  13 %
  14 % where
  15 %
  16 %     time-signature = 'time'[numerator]'_'denominator; eg: 3_4
  17 %     duration = [numerator]'_'denominator; eg: 3_8, _16
  18 %
  19
  20 % in 3/2 time:
  21 %   end beams each 1/2 note
  22 %   end beams with 16th notes each 1/4 note
  23 %   end beams with 32th notes each 1/8 note
  24 time3_2beamAutoEnd = "1/2";
  25 time3_2beamAutoEnd_16 = "1/4";
  26 time3_2beamAutoEnd_32 = "1/8";
  27
  28 time3_4beamAutoBegin_8 = "1/4";
  29 time3_4beamAutoEnd = "3/4";
  30 time3_4beamAutoBegin_16 = "1/16";
  31 time3_4beamAutoEnd_16 = "1/4";
  32 %time3_4beamAutoBegin_32 = "1/8";
  33 time3_4beamAutoEnd_32 = "1/8";
  34
  35 time3_8beamAutoBegin = "1/8";
  36 time3_8beamAutoEnd = "3/8";
  37
  38 % in common time:
  39 %   end beams each 1/2 note
  40 %   end beams with 32th notes each 1/8 note
  41 %   end beams with 1/8 triplets each 1/4 note
  42
  43 time4_4beamAutoEnd = "1/2";
  44 time4_4beamAutoEnd_12 = "1/4";
  45 time4_4beamAutoEnd_16 = "1/4";
  46 time4_4beamAutoEnd_32 = "1/8";
  47
  48 time4_8beamAutoEnd = "1/4";
  49 time4_8beamAutoEnd_16 = "1/4";
  50 time4_8beamAutoEnd_32 = "1/8";
  51
  52 time4_16beamAutoEnd = "1/8";
  53
  54 time6_8beamAutoEnd = "3/8";
  55 time6_8beamAutoEnd_16 = "3/8";
  56 time6_8beamAutoEnd_32 = "1/8";
  57
  58 time9_8beamAutoEnd = "3/8";
  59 time9_8beamAutoEnd_16 = "3/8";
  60 time9_8beamAutoEnd_32 = "1/8";
  61
  62 time12_8beamAutoEnd = "3/8";
  63 time12_8beamAutoEnd_16 = "3/8";
  64 time12_8beamAutoEnd_32 = "1/8";
  65
  66
  67
  68 %{
  69
  70 Users may override in most cases, simply by issuing
  71
  72     % from here on consider ending beam every 1/4 note
  73     \property Voice.beamAutoEnd = "1/4"
  74
  75     % no autobeaming
  76     \property Voice.beamAuto = "0"
  77
  78 or, more globally, by doing:
  79
  80  \paper{
  81         \translator{
  82             \VoiceContext
  83             % consider ending beam at every 1/2 note
  84             beamAutoEnd = "1/2";
  85         }
  86     }
  87
  88 see also input/test/auto-beam-override.ly
  89
  90 %}
  91