Re: Help with polymetric music!

[Mats Bengtsson]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:

> What *really* seems odd is that, when I compile the code, the *first*  
> staff takes on the time signatures of the *fourth* one (drum) which  
> doesn't display the time sigs. I'm not sure it's a bug really -- I  
> imagine it's related to the \alias Staff in the DrumStaff context  
> definition, but I don't know how to fix it, so I'm forwarding it to  
> the development list.
>
> Best wishes,
> Kieren.
>
> p.s. Note that here I have moved your TimeSig style command to the  
> Score context -- I think that's more efficient (unless you really do  
> potentially want different TimeSig *styles* in each Staff?)...

You have removed the timing translator from the Score context
but only added it to the Staff context, not to the DrumStaff context.
Just add
   \context
   {
       \DrumStaff
       \consists "Timing_translator"
       \consists "Default_bar_line_engraver"
   }
in your \layout block.

  /Mats