Re: less than two visible stems

[zeroguy]

I have a question related to Sean's post, so I thought I'd post it here.

This behavior Sean talks about with beaming rests with other notes (I do
it often myself, and find those 'warning' messages annoying, and
sometimes makes it hard to read the other, 'real' warning and error
messages); I was wondering if it could be done automatically. I've tried
using the autoBeam feature, but it doesn't seem to do it across rests.
Is there any option to turn on to allow this to happen automatically?
(As opposed to typing in the '['s all the time.)

        -zeroguy

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:03:34 +0200
Sean Reed <address@hidden> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i have a question/request concerning the beaming of rests and notes.
> 
> my rhythms are often complex, so i like to make the notation easier
for 
> the musicians by beaming notes and rests together that occur in the 
> same beat. this works in many scenarios in lilypond, but i get
warnings 
> in others.
> 
> when i beam, for example:
> r8.[ a16]
> or:
> r16 [ a8.]
> or:
> r8[ b8]
> 
> i get the notification:
> warning: beam has less than two visible stems
> 
> and the image is often incorrect. it often works if i do it in an 
> isolated test, but not if there are several of these within an input 
> file.
> 
> i'd like to be able to do this, since a series of r8. a16 rhythms 
> interchanged with r16 a8. rhythms is often very difficult to read if 
> the notes and rests are all single and floating. the musicians often 
> draw their own lines into the score to orient themselves around the 
> beats.
> 
> is there a syntax which allows me to do this?
> or could it be integrated?
> 
> thanks,
> sean
> 
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> Sean Reed
> Hamburg, Germany
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