Re: Difficulties with change of time signature

[Mats Bengtsson]

Since the second half of the 4th bar is an upbeat to the new
time signature, you could just say \partial 4 after the \time 4/4
(and remove the \bar "|" command since LilyPond will handle it
correctly anyway).

    /Mats

address@hidden wrote:
> Hi there!
> The piano sonata op.78 by L. v. Beethoven starts with \time 2/4 and right in the middle 
> of bar 4 there is a double bar line: \bar "||" and a change of time signature: 
> \time 4/4 for the rest of the entire movement. Here's my .ly-Code showing bars 4-6:
>
> \score {
> 	\notes\context PianoStaff < \context Staff = one { \time 2/4 \clef violin \key fis \major 
> %bar4
>         < \context Voice = VA { \stemUp b'32 ais' dis'' cis'' cis''8-\fermata} \context Voice = VB { 
> \stemDown fis'8}   > \bar "||" \time 4/4  ais'8. b'16 \bar "|"
> %bar5   
>         cis''4 < \context Voice = VA { \stemUp fis'4 eis'  fis'} \context Voice = 
> VB { \stemDown cis'4 cis' cis'}>
> %bar6
>         <b2. cis'2. eis'2. b'2.> <gis4 cis' gis'>
>
> }
>         
>         \context Staff = two { \clef bass \key fis \major
>
> %bar4
> 	<fis,,4 fis,4-\fermata> \bar "||"  r4 \bar "|" 
> %bar5
>         fis,8 fis (ais fis b fis ais) fis
> %bar6
>         gis8 cis gis cis gis cis eis cis}>
> }
>
> The .ps file coming out of this prints the double bar line in bar 4 and makes the 
> changing of time signature; everything's fine so far. But it doesn't seem to take notice 
> of the new 4/4 time. The first bar line after the "b'16." is ok but the next 
> one is wrong: it still seems to be a 2/4, see?
> What is wrong in that code?
> Could somebody please help me??
> Nice Greetings
>     Brahms
>
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