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You can alter the length of a duration by a fraction N/M
by appending *
N/M (or *
N if M=1).
This will not affect the appearance of the notes or rests
produced, but the altered duration will be used in calculating the
position within the measure and setting the duration in the MIDI
output. Multiplying factors may be combined
such as *M*N
.
In the following example, the first three notes take up exactly two beats, but no triplet bracket is printed.
\time 2/4 a4*2/3 gis4*2/3 a4*2/3 a4 a4 a4*2 b16*4 c4
The duration of skip or spacing notes may also be modified by
a multiplier. This is useful for skipping many measures, e.g.,
s1*23
.
Notation Reference: Tuplets, Skips, Polymetric notation.
Snippets: Rhythms
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