Auto_beam_engraver

Generate beams based on measure characteristics and observed Stems. Uses beatLength, measureLength and measurePosition to decide when to start and stop a beam. Overriding beaming is done through Stem_engraver properties stemLeftBeamCount and stemRightBeamCount.

Music types accepted:

beam-forbid-event

Properties (read)

autoBeaming (boolean)

If set to true then beams are generated automatically.

autoBeamSettings (list)

Specifies when automatically generated beams should begin and end. See Setting automatic beam behavior for more information.

beatLength (moment)

The length of one beat in this time signature.

subdivideBeams (boolean)

If set, multiple beams will be subdivided at beat positions by only drawing one beam over the beat.

Auto_beam_engraver is part of contexts: CueVoice, DrumVoice, GregorianTranscriptionVoice, MensuralVoice, TabVoice, VaticanaVoice and Voice