Re: 12/8 problems

[Mats Bengtsson]

As long as you have \time 4/4, LilyPond will fit in exactly 4/4, i.e. 8 
eighth notes in each measure.
Just as the other reply you have received, I don't really understand why 
you don't use \time 12/8
directly. However, there are cases where you may want 12/8 in one part 
staying synchronized
with 4/4 in some other part. Read the paragraph entitled "Staves with 
different time signatures, equal measure lengths" in the section on 
"Polymetric Notation" in the manual for more information on how to
typeset such scores.

   /Mats

Jon wrote:
> I'm really starting to wrap my brain around the idea
> of using this software over other notation software,
> but I am having a problem. Here is a basic template below:
>
> \version "2.10.33"
> \header {
> }
> \include "english.ly"
> staffTrombone = \new Staff  {
> \time 4/4
> \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(12 . 8)
> \set Staff.instrument="Trombone"
> \set Staff.midiInstrument="trombone"
> \key d \major
> \clef bass
> \relative c' {
> %bar 1
> d4. d4. d4. d4.
> }
> }
>
> When I run the script and the music gets parsed,
> the dotted quarter notes are in groups of three
> instead of four, like it is 9/8 instead of 12/8.
> Any way to get this properly notated?
> Thanks a bunch for the help.
>
> Jon
>
>
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