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Appending a note to the tuplet text (using a scheme wrapper function)

…want to show the basic beat in the tuplet number text, i.e. 3:2 quarternote, were quarternote … …text, which extracts the tuplet fraction from the tuplet object, formats the tuplet text using the internal function and then appends …

…which is simply a wrapper around an existing % tuplet formatter function. It takes the value returned by … …3/2 {c'8 c'8 c'8} \tuplet 3/2 {c'4 c' c'} \tuplet 120/80 {c' c' c'} }

Changing the tuplet number

By default, only the numerator of the tuplet number is printed over the tuplet bracket, i.… …to the \tuplet command. Alternatively, num:den of the tuplet number may be printed, or the tuplet number may be suppressed altogether.

\relative c'' { \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c } \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c } \override TupletNumber.text = #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c } \omit TupletNumber \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c } }

Non-default tuplet numbers

LilyPond also provides formatting functions to print tuplet numbers different than the actual fraction, as well as to append a note value to the tuplet number or tuplet fraction.

…c'' { \once \override TupletNumber.text = #(tuplet-number::non-default-tuplet-denominator-text 7) \tuplet 3/2 { c4. c4. c4. c4. } \once \override … …#(tuplet-number::fraction-with-notes (ly:make-duration 2 1) (ly:make-duration 3 0)) \tuplet 3/2 { c4. c4. c4. c4. } \once \override … …12 (ly:make-duration 3 0) 4 (ly:make-duration 2 0)) \tuplet 3/2 { c4. c4. c4. c4. } }

Entering several tuplets using only one \tuplet command

…of the tuplets contained within the brackets after \tuplet should last. Many consecutive tuplets can then be placed within a single \tuplet expression, thus saving typing. There are several ways … …way is to use an optional argument with \tuplet.

\relative c' { \time 2/4 \tupletSpan 4 \tuplet 3/2 { c8^"\\tupletSpan 4" c c c … …c8^"\\tupletSpan \\default" c c c c c } \tuplet 3/2 4 { c8^"\\tuplet 3/2 4 {...}" c c c c c } }

Printing tuplet brackets on the note head side

Whichever option you choose for controlling the tuplet bracket visibility, it will show or hide the … …or note head side). However, when placing the tuplet bracket on the note head side some authors recommend always printing the tuplet bracket. The option visible-over-note-heads can be used to …

music = \relative c'' { \tupletNeutral \tuplet 3/2 { c16[ d e } f8] \tupletUp \tuplet 3/2 { c8 d e } } \new Voice { \relative …

Modifying tuplet bracket length

Tuplet brackets can be made to run to prefatory … …right edge of the final note of the tuplet; full-length tuplet brackets extend farther to the right, either to …

…next note \set tupletFullLengthNote = ##t \time 2/4 \tuplet 3/2 { c4 4 4 } % ...or to cover just whitespace \set tupletFullLengthNote = ##f \time 4/4 \tuplet 5/4 { 4 1 } \time 3/4 2. }

Adding beams, slurs, ties etc. when using tuplet and non-tuplet rhythms

…if this note happens to be inside a tuplet section. This snippet demonstrates how to combine manual beaming, manual slurs, ties and phrasing slurs with tuplet sections (enclosed within curly braces).

{ r16[ g16 \tuplet 3/2 { r16 e'8] } g16( a \tuplet 3/2 { b d e') } g8[( a \tuplet 3/2 { b d') e'] ~ } \time 2/4 \tuplet 5/4 { e'32\( a b d' e' } …

Controlling tuplet bracket visibility

…a beam of the same length as the tuplet. To control the visibility of tuplet brackets, set the property bracket-visibility to either #t (…

music = \relative c'' { \tuplet 3/2 { c16[ d e } f8] \tuplet 3/2 { c8 d e } \tuplet 3/2 { c4 d e } } \new Voice { \relative …

Positioning tuplet numbers close to kneed beams

If you want to move tuplet numbers close to kneed beams on a single …

…LSR/Item?id=646 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% A function to position tuplet numbers next to kneed beams on a single %% … …relative c { \override Beam.auto-knee-gap = #1 \tupletSpan 4 \tuplet 3/2 { \bottom c8[ g' \top e'] c'[ … …bottom g,] \top e''[ \bottom c,, \top g''] } \tuplet 5/4 { \bottom c,,16[ \top g'' e' \…

Preventing final mark from removing final tuplet

…can result in the loss of a final tuplet marking. This can be overcome by setting TupletBracket.…

…new Staff { \set tupletFullLength = ##t \time 1/8 \tuplet 3/2 8 { c'16 c' c' c' … …##t \override TupletBracket.full-length-to-extent = ##f \time 1/8 \tuplet 3/2 8 { c'16 c' c' c' …