Beam larger note values in LilyPond
Here is some sample input:
relative c'' {
key g minor
d8^[ c]
}
This works as expected, beaming the two eighth notes together:
When I do this with half notes, I get the following instead:
relative c'' {
key g minor
d2^[ c]
}
when I want this:
How do I manually beam notes greater than an eighth note in duration?
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If you simply want the eighth-notes to be hollow then use this
relative c'' {
key g minor
override NoteHead.duration-log = #1
d8^[ c]
}
the notes still take up the same length as a regular eighth.
If you want them spaced as half notes you might need something like this
relative c'' {
key g minor
override NoteHead.duration-log = #1
d8^[ s4. c8] s4.
}
D
That's very similar to the symbol for a tremolo repeat, eighth notes (quavers) of C and D, taking up the total time of a half note (minim). In LilyPond you would write:
repeat tremolo 2 {d8 c}
But in you image you have that symbol taking up a full bar in 4/4 time, which is a whole note (semibreve) long. If you really want it to take up this amount of time you would have to distort the duration of the notes like this:
repeat tremolo 2 {d8*2 c}
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