Rhythm improvements ¶

• The new \measure command changes the measure length to match the duration of the given music and restores it afterward.

  \fixed c'' {
    d2( c)
    \measure { d\breve }
  }
  

  

• The new \measureRemainder command is similar to \measure, but it can be used to complete a measure that has already begun.
• The new \setMeasureLengthFromHere command simplifies creating irregular measures by setting the measure length relative to the current measure position. This complements \partial, which changes the measure position relative to the measure length. The new \setDefaultMeasureLength command restores the measure length to the value dictated by the time signature.
• The new \premeasure music command is an abbreviation for \partial duration music that computes the duration automatically.
• By default, strictly alternating meters consisting of 4/4 and 2/2 are printed in a historic style using multiple C or cut-C symbols.

  {
    \time #'((2 . 2) (2 . 2))
    b'1 2 2
  }
  

  

• The automatic beaming algorithm now can be told to interrupt an automatically created beam at some point using \beamBreak. Similarly, using \noBeamBreak, two adjoining notes can be forced to get beamed together:

  \relative {
    c''8 c c c d d \beamBreak d d
    \time 2/4
    c8 8 8 8
    8 8 \noBeamBreak 8 8
    4. 8 \noBeamBreak
    8 4 8
  }