Re: double meters

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> On Fri, 02 May 2003 10:45:07 +0200
> Taco Walstra <address@hidden> wrote:
> > How can I get a double time on a staff, i.e. I need something like:
> >  \time 3/4 \time 3/2 
> > including a correct handling of the bars (eventually manual).
> > Is this possible?
> 
> I don't think so (but I could be wrong!), but you can fake it like this:
> 
> % this displays the two time signatures
> \time 3/4 \partial 32 s32 \time 3/2
> 
> % this makes Lilypond stop counting time
> \cadenzaOn
> 
> c4 c c \bar "|"
> d2 d d \bar "|"
> c4 c c \bar "|"
> d2 d d \bar "|"
> 
> \cadenzaOff \bar "|."

in 1.7 we have an example that demonstrates double time signatures,
input/test/time-signature-double/ .

I would combine it with a \time 9/4 (for 3/4 + 6/4), and put in a
manual barlines like this

  { s2. \repeat unfold 10 { \bar "|" \skip 4*9 } }

perhaps you could also use a different barline to distinguish between
3/4 -> 6/4 bars and 6/4 -> 3/4 bars.

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