LilyPond Snippets

Rhythms 24
In the example, two triplets are shown, while \times was entered only once.
For more information about make-moment, see "Time administration".
\relative c' {
\time 2/4
\set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
\times 2/3 { c8 c c c c c }
}
4 2
3 3
Flat flags and beam nibs
Flat flags on lone notes and beam nibs at the ends of beamed figures are both possible with a
combination of stemLeftBeamCount, stemRightBeamCount and paired [] beam indicators.
For right-pointing flat flags on lone notes, use paired [] beam indicators and set
stemLeftBeamCount to zero (see Example 1).
For left-pointing flat flags, set stemRightBeamCount instead (Example 2).
For right-pointing nibs at the end of a run of beamed notes, set stemRightBeamCount
to a positive value. And for left-pointing nibs at the start of a run of beamed notes, set
stemLeftBeamCount instead (Example 3).
Sometimes it may make sense for a lone note surrounded by rests to carry both a left- and
right-pointing flat flag. Do this with paired [] beam indicators alone (Example 4).
(Note that \set stemLeftBeamCount is always equivalent to \once \set. In other words,
the beam count settings are not "sticky", so the pair of flat flags attached to the lone c'16[]
in the last example have nothing to do with the \set two notes prior.)
\score {