Re: Double \time change

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Dienstag, 29. Juli 2008 schrieb Neil Puttock:
> > On a paper score likely made with Finale (not by me), i see 3/4 then
> > immediately 2/4 without anything between, whatever the staff.
> >
> > 1) Error or feature? Never seen that before.
>
> Probably not an error; I can think of at least two situations where
> this might happen:
>
> - showing the beat subdivision in a compound time signature such as 5/4;
> - where there's a regular or semi-regular variation in time signature
> throughout a piece, i.e., perhaps alternating between 2/4 and 3/4 in
> successive bars.

I have a "Psalmenproprium" by Hans Haselböck (writte 1968), where in one place 
there are four (!!!) time signatures at the same time (the following measures 
alternate freely between those four time signatures):
2/4 3/4 3/8 5/8

Cheers,
Reinhold

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