4.2.5 Automatic note splitting

Long notes can be converted automatically to tied notes. This is done by replacing the Note_heads_engraver (lilypond-internals) by the Completion_heads_engraver (lilypond-internals):

       \paper { \translator {
           \ThreadContext
           \remove "Note_heads_engraver"
           \consists "Completion_heads_engraver"
       } }

which will make long notes tied in the following example:

       \time 2/4
       c2. c8 d4 e f g a b c8 c2 b4 a g16 f4 e d c8. c2

This engraver splits all running notes at the bar line, and inserts ties. One of its uses is to debug complex scores: if the measures are not entirely filled, then the ties exactly show how much each measure is off.

Bugs

Not all durations (especially those containing tuplets) can be represented exactly; the engraver will not insert tuplets.

This page is for LilyPond-2.0.3 (stable-branch). Report errors to <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>.