Automatically convert beams into slurs to indicate melisma - Revision history

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Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	Traditionally, vocal scores used beams to indicate melisma, while modern vocal scores tend to use slurs. With this snippet's <code>\beamsToSlurs</code> music function you can easily produce either type of output from the same music input, allowing you to have both traditional and modern vocal engraving with one unique source. The function automatically converts manually typeset beams: <code>[ ]</code> ...into slurs: <code>( )</code>.		Traditionally, vocal scores used beams to indicate melisma, while modern vocal scores tend to use slurs. With this snippet's <code>\beamsToSlurs</code> music function you can easily produce either type of output from the same music input, allowing you to have both traditional and modern vocal engraving with one unique source. The function automatically converts manually typeset beams: <code>[ ]</code> ...into slurs: <code>( )</code>.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	% a music function to convert manually typeset beams: [ ] ...into slurs: ( )		% a music function to convert manually typeset beams: [ ] ...into slurs: ( )

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Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-11-14T18:06:09Z

Import snippet from LSR

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Traditionally, vocal scores used beams to indicate melisma, while modern vocal scores tend to use slurs. With this snippet's <code>\beamsToSlurs</code> music function you can easily produce either type of output from the same music input, allowing you to have both traditional and modern vocal engraving with one unique source. The function automatically converts manually typeset beams: <code>[ ]</code> ...into slurs: <code>( )</code>.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
% a music function to convert manually typeset beams: [ ] ...into slurs: ( )

beamsToSlurs =
#(define-music-function (music) (ly:music?)
(music-map
(lambda (m)
(if (not (null? (ly:music-property m 'articulations)))
(for-each
(lambda (a)
(if (music-is-of-type? a 'beam-event)
(begin
(ly:music-set-property! a 'name 'SlurEvent)
(ly:music-set-property! a 'types
(append
(delete 'beam-event (ly:music-property a 'types))
'(slur-event)))
(ly:music-set-property! a 'spanner-id ""))))
(ly:music-property m 'articulations))
m)
m)
music))

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

music = {
\time 2/4
| c'8[ d'] e' f'
| g'[ a'] b' c''
}

words = \lyricmode {
la li lo
la li lo
}

<<
\new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Traditional" }
{ \autoBeamOff \music }
\addlyrics \words

\new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Modern" }
\beamsToSlurs \music
\addlyrics \words
>>
</lilypond>

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