Re: How to get cross-staff beaming? Should be automatic; it's not. Why?

[Aaron Hill]

On 2022-07-31 7:10 pm, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>   However, the current incarnation of my Swan Lake harp part (one bar
> so far), does not have a complete beam (only each triplet has a beam).
> I thought that this would be automatic.

In 4/4 time, there is a default beam exception for "twelfth" notes.

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\version "2.22.0"

\relative c' {
  \time 2,2 4/4  %% Set desired beat structure and time signature.
  \set Timing.beamExceptions = #'()  %% Clear default exceptions.
  \repeat unfold 4 \tuplet 3/2 { d8 e a }
}

%% Alternately...

\relative c' {
  \time 2/2
  \repeat unfold 4 \tuplet 3/2 { d8 e a }
}
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill