Re: Three-note tremolo in 4/4

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi Jan,

Am 16.03.21 um 17:19 schrieb Dijkhuizen, J.F. van:

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to fit a three-note tremolo into a 4/4 measure.  I've sort of been able to do this as follows:

\version "2.22.0"

\relative c''

{

\repeat tremolo 8 {\tuplet 3/4 { g32 d c }} 

}

(Of course you could hide the tuplet numbers here.)

or:

\version "2.22.0"

\relative c''

\new Staff = "Example" { 

\time 4/4

\set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = 3/4

\scaleDurations 4/3 { \repeat tremolo 8 { g32 d c } }

While both look more or less OK, the notes appear as dotted half notes, rather than as whole notes. They should be whole notes, since the tremolo lasts the entire measure but I can't figure out how to do this.

I'm unsure what you want to accomplish with the manual setting of timeSignatureFraction etc.

But if I understand you correctly, I think

\version "2.22.0"

\new Staff \relative {
  a'4 b c d
  \omit Dots
  \once\override Beam.positions = #'(2 . 1)
  \repeat tremolo 16 { \scaleDurations 2/3 { c32 g f } }
  \undo\omit Dots
  a4 b c d
}

should come close to your MuseScore mockup (and I think its semantic is correct). The manual positioning of Beam positions seems to be necessary, but it makes LilyPond complain with a warning - which could be silenced if push comes to shove.

Lukas