Re: autobeaming in cadenza

[Dmytro O. Redchuk]

On Fri 01 Oct 2010, 13:47 Keith E OHara wrote:
> >"Mark Polesky" wrote:
> >>Carl Sorensen wrote:
> >>>I think that autobeaming in cadenzas should beam according
> >>>to baseMoment, [ ... ]
> >> The very concept of beats within a cadenza goes against the
> >>whole idea of a cadenza in the first place.  [ ... ]
> >>The user will almost always need to do some manual beams.
> > Perhaps the best answer is to have \candezaOn turn off autobeaming.
> 
> Keith OHara wrote
> >Even though a cadenza has a free rhythm and is not divided into bars, 
> >itusually has a rhythmic structure, and is written using the usual 
> >conventionsof music with a beat.  Beethoven's 'emperor' concerto [ ... ]
> 
> 
> Just because I like closure ...
> 
> The way auto-beaming 'worked' 2.12 was by accident, so the change I noticed 
> with 2.13 is _not_ a bug.
> 
> Opinions of correct behavior are varied, so we have _no_ enhancement request.
> 
> We recommend that users manually beam in cadenzas, at least in long cadenzas.
> 
> 
> Myself, I make mistakes typing manual beams. In cadenzas where I want 
> pattered beams, I can use \cadenzaOff\bar""\cadenzaOn at the natural breaks. 
> This resets measurePosition to zero often enough that auto-beaming happens to 
> 'work' and helps me find when I miss a note.  I know LilyPond does not 
> guarantee that behavior.
> 
> The more disciplined among us can \cadenzaOn\autoBeamOff . . . 
> \cadenzaOff\autoBeamOn
I've added 1289 though:
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1289

Thank you.

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  Dmytro O. Redchuk
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