Entering several tuplets using only one \tuplet command: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:46, 14 January 2026

The property tupletSpannerDuration sets how long each of the tuplets contained within the brackets after \tuplet should last. Many consecutive tuplets can then be placed within a single \tuplet expression, thus saving typing.

There are several ways to set tupletSpannerDuration besides using a \set command. The command \tupletSpan sets it to a given duration, or clears it when instead of a duration \default is specified. Another way is to use an optional argument with \tuplet.

\version "2.24"

\relative c' {
  \time 2/4
  \tupletSpan 4
  \tuplet 3/2 { c8^"\\tupletSpan 4" c c c c c }
  \tupletSpan \default
  \tuplet 3/2 { c8^"\\tupletSpan \\default" c c c c c }
  \tuplet 3/2 4 { c8^"\\tuplet 3/2 4 {...}" c c c c c }
}

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 The property <code>tupletSpannerDuration</code> sets how long each of the tuplets contained within the brackets after <code>\tuplet</code> should last. Many consecutive tuplets can then be placed within a single <code>\tuplet</code> expression, thus saving typing.
-There are several ways to set <code>tupletSpannerDuration</code>. The command <code>\tupletSpan</code> sets it to a given duration, and clears it when instead of a duration <code>\default</code> is specified. Another way is to use an optional argument with <code>\tuplet</code>.
+There are several ways to set <code>tupletSpannerDuration</code> besides using a <code>\set</code> command. The command <code>\tupletSpan</code> sets it to a given duration, or clears it when instead of a duration <code>\default</code> is specified. Another way is to use an optional argument with <code>\tuplet</code>.
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