Re: Beam gap(?) spacing

[Trevor Bača]

On 5/4/06, Joshua Parmenter <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is my first time posting to the list, and after doing some
> searches I couldn't seem to find an answer to this problem.
> Basically, I am doing a proportional notation (see the code below)
> and am doing this by entering 32nd notes. What I would like to do is
> either:
>
> hide the 16th and 32nd note beams (to make the notation look like a
> string of 8th notes), or possibly close the gap between the beams to
> achieve the same appearance. Is there a variable I can set to do this?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Josh
>
> % LilyPond score file
> % FOMUS v0.1.67
>
> \version "2.8"
> #(set-default-paper-size "letter" 'landscape)
> \layout {
>     \context { \Staff \override DynamicLineSpanner #'staff-padding = #3
>        \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>        \override Beam #'damping = #100000
>         }
>     \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'uniform-stretching =
> ##t
>        proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 64)
>        \override PaperColumn #'used = ##t }
> }
>
> guitarA = {
>    \set Staff.instrument = "Guitar"
>    \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
>    \clef treble
>
>    << {\time 6/4 \oneVoice f''32[\ff aes''32 g''32 #2 b''32  #2 b''32
> \>  c'''32 b''32 a''32 c''32 aes''32 des''32  #2 bes''32  #2 c''32
> aes''32 ges''32 bes''32 c'''32 aes''32 aes''32  #2 bes''32  #2 e''32
> f''32 b''32 c''32 bes''32 d''32 aes''32  #2 c''32  #2 aes''32\! f''32
> c''32 b''32 des''32 \pp bes''32 e''32  #2 ges''32  #2 g''32 f''32
> aes''32 aes''32] }
>    >>
> }
>
> \header {
>
> }
>
> \score {
>    <<
>      \new Staff \guitarA
>    >>
> }

Hi Joshua,

Proportional notation makes beautiful charts and tables. You can use
the value of proportionalNotationDuration as a knob or dial to make
stuff closer together or further apart.

If you change ...

  proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 64)

... to ...

  proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 99)

... then stuff will space out more widely.

If you instead say ...

  proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 13)

... then stuff will space together much more closely.

So try using a *larger* duration (like the 1/13th of a whole note in
the last example; as compared to the 1/64th of a whole note that
you're using right now) as the argument to
proportionalNotationDuration; this will bring your notes more closely
together.

For the second part of your question, if you want only 1 beam instead
of 3, then, as you suspect, write eighth notes instead of 32nd notes.
Then go back to playing with the durational argument to
proportionalNotationDuration until you get the spacing you want.



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Trevor Bača
address@hidden