Re: Automatic beaming in vocal cadenzas

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: Automatic beaming in vocal cadenzas


> Matthew Collett <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On 26/10/2013, at 4:10 pm, Colin Campbell <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > We tried using \cadenzaOn to get the unmetered aspect, but the
> > > fundamental problem is that \cadenzaOn turns off autoBeam, which in
> > > turn means that manual beaming in a cadenza creates unwanted
> > > melismata.
> >
> > So turn the autobeaming back on.  I often use the combination of
> > \cadenzaOn \autoBeamOn', for exactly this reason.
>
> Huh.  Sounds like LilyPond does something wrong here.  Should \cadenzaOn
> leave autobeaming alone?  Would this have more effects than different
> melismata?
>
> --
> David Kastrup


I don't think autobeaming in cadenzas makes any sense at all, given that 
they're free time.

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Phil Holmes