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From: | Simon Albrecht |
Subject: | Re: Non-numeric time signatures |
Date: | Sat, 25 Oct 2014 23:59:52 +0200 |
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Hello Dan,I think the double c and double cut c symbols are very much non-standard, unlike single cut c for 4/2, which I consider to be in use very widely. With this difference in frequency of use I don’t find your suggestion convincing. What made me suggest the 'style option is the strong analogy to numeric and default style in 4/4 and 2/2 times. I would even vote for the following behaviour of 'style:
default: (currently called #'C – perhaps rename to #'symbolic? That would be more descriptive)
4/4 -> c 2/2 -> cut c 4/2 -> (single) cut c #'numeric (behaviour should be obvious) This is a very convincing system in my eyes. Another variant would be: default (#'C) 4/4 -> c 2/2 -> cut c 4/2 -> 4/2 #'numeric #'symbolic 4/4 -> c 2/2 -> cut c 4/2 -> (single) cut cHow might an additional option for double c/cut c time signatures be called? Perhaps #'romantic or #'double or #'varsymbol?
So far my suggestions. Yours, Simon Am 25.10.2014 um 20:15 schrieb Dan Eble:
Simon (and all), Regarding the request to display 4/2 as cut-c by default, https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3286 I think it would make sense to extend the default style to offer a simple way to get the doubled symbols: 2/1 -> double cut-c (Schubert op. 90 no. 3) 4/2 -> double c (my obscure hymnal) You mentioned that you would be satisfied if there were a different style for your alla breve case. Do you really need a style or is the following good enough? timeAllaBreve = { \once \override Staff.TimeSignature.stencil = #(lambda (grob) (grob-interpret-markup grob #{ \markup \musicglyph #"timesig.C22" #})) \time 2/1 } Another thing that occurs to me is a possible parallel with non-numeric tempo. When the single cut-c symbol is used to indicate 2/1, does it need to be annotated with text? If so, would something like \time “alla breve” 2/1 be any better than the way it has to be done now? Another potential use for that is \time “swing” 4/4. Regards, — Dan
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