Re: Lilypond error for 3 eighth notes

[Kris Shaffer]

The grouping which Lilypond chooses by default in this case (as in most  
others) is the standard way of grouping such a figure in common practice  
instrumental music.  In 2/4 and 3/4, any consecutive eighth-notes within a  
measure are typically beamed together (with a few exceptions).   
Incidentally, there are some psychological advantages to following the  
traditional notational practice in this case, as well.  That said, neither  
notation is confusing enough to hinder performance.  All in all, there is  
no right or wrong, but breaking with tradition will not win you anything  
here.  It may even be slightly disadvantageous.


--
Kris Shaffer
graduate student in music theory, Yale University
co-editor-in-chief for music theory, AmSteg.org
www.shaffermusic.com



On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:50:40 -0500, Ramana Kumar <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> would c'4. c'8 d'[ e'] be what you expect? or what?
>
> On 2/10/06, Ben Fisher <address@hidden> wrote:
> > It looks like Lilypond is giving the wrong output here:
> >
> > {
> > \time 3/4
> > c'4. c'8 d' e'
> > }
> >
> > The three eighth notes are grouped together. I have no idea why this  
> > should
> > happen, because they aren't triplets. If the time signature were 6/8  
> > then it
> > might make sense, but otherwise I can't imagine why.
> >
> > I guess there isn't any "right" or "wrong" way to group 8th notes, but  
> > this
> > is a strange choice for the default. I'm using version 2.6.5.1.
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