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Engraving tremolos with floating beams
If a tremolo’s total duration is less than a quarter-note, or exactly a half-note, or between a
half-note and a whole-note, it is normally typeset with all beams touching the stems. Certain
engraving styles typeset some of these beams as centered floating beams that do not touch the
stems. The number of floating beams in this type of tremolo is controlled with the 'gap-count
property of the Beam object, and the size of the gaps between beams and stems is set with the
'gap property.
\relative c'' {
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
\override Beam #'gap-count = #1
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
\override Beam #'gap-count = #2
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
\override Beam #'gap-count = #3
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
}
\override Beam #'gap-count = #3
\override Beam #'gap = #1.33
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
\override Beam #'gap = #1
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
\override Beam #'gap = #0.67
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
\override Beam #'gap = #0.33
\repeat tremolo 8 { a32 f }
Entering several tuplets using only one \times command
The property tupletSpannerDuration sets how long each of the tuplets contained within the
brackets after \times should last. Many consecutive tuplets can then be placed within a single
\times expression, thus saving typing.
In the example, two triplets are shown, while \times was entered only once.
Read the relevant sections of the Notation Reference for more information about
ly:make-moment.
\relative c' {
\time 2/4
\set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
\times 2/3 { c8 c c c c c }
}