On Jun 28, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Brian Lenth wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I'm attempting to create a score that uses simultaneous multiple tempi, at a > ratio of 5:7. As a test, I made this (see code below). Basically it uses the > ridiculous time signature of 42/4, with barlines inserted to create an > artificial independent meter for each staff. It looks beautiful, but the > problem is: put in shorter note values than these dotted quarters (sixteenths > etc) and there isn't enough room on the line to render the music; it all just > runs off the page, in other words, it doesn't want to break the line in > mid-bar (as I'm using ridiculously long measures to simulate polytempi). I've > read everything the Notation Reference has to offer about forcing line > breaks. But for some reason it doesn't let me break the line during active > note events (removing Forbid_line_break_engraver only seems to work across > "actual" automatic barlines, not ones I've put in). Does anybody have any > advice here? Is there a way to get more control over breaking my lines? Or > better yet, is there a way to do these kinds of polytempi without using > 8497/8 time? > > Thanks, > brian > > > PartA = \new Voice \relative c'' { > \clef treble > \time 42/4 > \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Part A " > \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(12 . 8) > \scaleDurations #'(7 . 5) { > c4.^\markup { \note #"4." #1 " = 60" } c c c \bar "|" > c c c c \bar "|" > c c c c \bar "|" > c c c c \bar "|" > c c c c > } > } > PartB = \new Voice \with { > \remove Forbid_line_break_engraver > } \relative c'' { > \clef treble > \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Part B " > \time 42/4 > \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(12 . 8) > \override Beam #'breakable = ##t > > g4.^\markup { \note #"4." #1 " = 84" } g g g \bar "|" > g g g g \bar "|" > g g g g \bar "|" > g g g g \bar "|" > g g g g \bar "|" > g g g g \bar "|" > g g g g > } > \score { > << > \new Staff \PartA > \new Staff \PartB > >> > } > \layout { > \context { > \Score > \remove "Timing_translator" > \remove "Default_bar_line_engraver" > } > \context { > \Staff > \consists "Timing_translator" > \consists "Default_bar_line_engraver" > } > \context { > \Voice > \remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver" > } > }
You'd have to fiddle with the length of the material in the variable `bars', but this sorta thing does the trick : bars = {\repeat unfold 150 { s8 \bar "" } } PartA = \new Voice \relative c'' { \clef treble \time 42/4 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Part A " \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(12 . 8) \scaleDurations #'(7 . 5) { c4.^\markup { \note #"4." #1 " = 60" } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } \repeat unfold 6 { c8 } c4. } } PartB = \new Voice \with { \remove Forbid_line_break_engraver } \relative c'' { \clef treble \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Part B " \time 42/4 \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(12 . 8) \override Beam #'breakable = ##t g4.^\markup { \note #"4." #1 " = 84" } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \bar "|" \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } \repeat unfold 6 { g8 } g4. } \score { << \new Staff << \PartA \bars >> \new Staff \PartB >> } \layout { \context { \Score \remove "Timing_translator" \remove "Default_bar_line_engraver" } \context { \Staff \consists "Timing_translator" \consists "Default_bar_line_engraver" } \context { \Voice \remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver" } } Cheers, MS
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