Re: Alla breve notation in Kyrie (2) from Bach's Hohe Messe

[Jean Brefort]

Le jeudi 07 juillet 2016 à 13:48 +0200, Jogchum Reitsma a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> In the second Kyrie from J.S. Bach's Hohe Messe, the time signature
> is 4/4, but the bars are filled with 8 quarter notes or its
> equivalent in time.
> I cannot find in the documentation or last years list archive how to
> code that in lilypond.
> 
> \set timeSignatureFraction = #'(2.2)
> 
> which maybe is the solution, gives the error
> 
> waarschuwing: typecontrole is mislukt voor 'timeSignatureFraction';
> waarde '(2.2)' moet van type 'fraction, as pair' zijn
> Translated: 
> 
> warning: typecontrol failed for 'timeSignatureFraction'; value
> '(2.2)' must be of type 'fraction, as pair'
> 
> Any idea how to code this?
> 

Hi,

In such case, I use something like:
  \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
  \override Staff.TimeSignature #'text = \markup {\musicglyph #"timesig.C44"}
  \time 8/4

There might be better solution though

Regards,
Jean