…and here’s a quick Lilypond example showing the incredible usefulness and
flexibility of the note-denom form of TimeSignature (as well as showing off
Lilypond’s fabulous handling of music timing):
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\version "2.23.4"
\layout { indent = 0 }
seventwentiethtime = \markup {
\override #'(baseline-skip . 0)
\column {
\line { \number "7" }
\translate #'(-1.9 . 0) \line { \score { << \omit Score.TimeSignature \new
RhythmicStaff \with { \override StaffSymbol.line-count = 0 } \magnifyMusic #5/6
{ \stemDown \tweak TupletNumber.extra-offset #'(0.25 . 0.25) \tuplet 5/4 { c'16
} } >> } }
}
}
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% Some sample music
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{
\time 4/4
\repeat unfold 8 { c'16 } \tuplet 5/4 4 { \repeat unfold 10 { c'16 } }
\override Staff.TimeSignature.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
\override Staff.TimeSignature.text = #seventwentiethtime
\time #'(3 4) 7/20
\repeat unfold 14 { c'16*4/5 }
\bar"|."
}
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I cannot personally envision how this music can be engraved **with exactly the
same immediate [essentially sight-readable] clarity** using “regular” time
signatures.
Hope that helps!
Kieren.
