How do I typeset #2

[joearms]

How do I typset this (bar 33 of Chopin Ballade #1) - the famous
“squashed flies” bar
18 notes in the space of 3 crotchets

/Jo

[Derrek]

I used a hidden 18:6 tuplet to reproduce what you showed. The real problem are the small noteheads, not yet available.

[claude_g_lapalme]

Not so fast!

Creating 8th note grace notes before the first note of the next bar, removing the slash and choosing “place before bar line” will generally place a large group of grace notes as far right as possible, like so:

But of course, the left hand notes will not necessarily align, so we can then using the brand new note spacing tool:

With this final result:

Note that there will be an added system break which you may wish to place elsewhere as you do final edits.

[joearms]

@Claude Lapalme

Not so fast!

Creating 8th note grace notes before the first note of the next bar, removing the slash and choosing “place before bar line” will generally place a large group of grace notes as far right as possible, like so:

Chopin1.jpg

But of course, the left hand notes will not necessarily align, so we can then using the brand new note spacing tool:

Chopin2.jpg

With this final result:

Chopin3.jpg

Note that there will be an added system break which you may wish to place elsewhere as you do final edits.

Brilliant - thanks a lot

Once had two problems - how to typeset this (which you have answered) - then how to play it.

I think the latter is more problematic

/Joe

[claude_g_lapalme]

Of course, one gets accurate playback using Derrek’s method. Eventually, we will get small noteheads.