\acciaccatura e8\( d8 c~ c d c d\)
@end lilypond
-Here's a further example taken from the opening of the left-hand
-staff of Chopin's Prelude Op 28 No. 2. We see that the beam
-collides with the upper notes:
+Here's a further example. We see that the beams
+collide with the ties:
@lilypond[quote,verbatim,fragment,ragged-right]
{
- \clef "bass"
- << { b,8 ais, b, g, } \\ { e,8 g e, g } >>
- << { b,8 ais, b, g, } \\ { e,8 g e, g } >>
+ \time 4/2
+ <<
+ { c'1 ~ c'2. e'8 f' }
+ \\
+ { e''8 e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' f''2 g'' }
+ >>
+ <<
+ { c'1 ~ c'2. e'8 f' }
+ \\
+ { e''8 e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' f''2 g'' }
+ >>
}
@end lilypond
@noindent
This can be resolved by manually moving both ends of the beam
-up from their position at 2 staff-spaces above the center line to,
-say, 3:
+up from their position at 1.81 staff-spaces below the center line to,
+say, 1:
@cindex Beam, example of overriding
@cindex positions property, example
@lilypond[quote,verbatim,fragment,ragged-right]
{
- \clef "bass"
+ \time 4/2
<<
- \override Beam #'positions = #'(3 . 3)
- { b,8 ais, b, g, }
- \\
- { e,8 g e, g }
+ { c'1 ~ c'2. e'8 f' }
+ \\
+ {
+ \override Beam #'positions = #'(-1 . -1)
+ e''8 e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' f''2 g''
+ }
+ >>
+ <<
+ { c'1 ~ c'2. e'8 f' }
+ \\
+ { e''8 e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' e'' f''2 g'' }
>>
- << { b,8 ais, b, g, } \\ { e,8 g e, g } >>
}
@end lilypond
@noindent
Note that the override continues to apply in the first voice of
-the second block of quavers, but not to any of the beams in the
+the second measure of eighth notes, but not to any of the beams in the
second voice.
@subheading force-hshift property