On 2014-05-08 12:34, Urs Liska wrote:
No, I wouldn't need anything like that.
The idea (how I would suggest to enter this kind of alternating
meters) is:
- Print the combined time signature once
- hide the time signatures for the following music
- use \time just as normal, with all implications to beaming,
beatStructure etc.
Other than with \compoundMeter the printed time signature does not
really affect the music. I would simply make the first part of it the
effective \time by default.
Good progress with the script for this! I would just like to refer to
Gould, she recommends using a hyphen when the alternate is irregular.
The passage about this is rather short so I transcribe the whole of it:
When metres alternate irregularly, place both time signatures at the
outset, with a hyphen between them, for clarity: 2/4 - 3/4
This notation is useful in chamber music, to save writing in the many
alternating time signatures, although in conducted music it is better
to have each time signature where required. In individual parts, rest
bars will require the relevant time signature - since the player will
otherwise have no indication of bar length.
Behind Bars, p. 179
Best
Peter
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