Re: polymeter

[Trevor Daniels]

To answer your specific problem, you need braces
round the music to which the \scaleDurations should
apply, else it applies only to the first c8:

\relative c' {
\time 5/8
\set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(1 . 4)
\scaleDurations #'(5 . 2)  {c8 c c4}
}

However, if you have not already done so, you may 
find it helpful to read the section in the
Notation Reference which deals with polymetric
notation - section 1.2.3.4.

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bobroff" <address@hidden>
To: "Lilypond-User" <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:15 AM
Subject: polymeter


> I have an odd score I'm copying for someone.  In it, there is a section 
> in which to top staff is notated in 1/4 time and the other four staves 
> are noted in 5/8 time.  I have managed to make it work by altering the 
> four lines in 5/8 but I would rather modify only one part.  I have not 
> managed to get it to work.
>
> In the example below what I expect to see is a measure of two eighth 
> notes followed by a measure of a quarter note.  I'm getting two eighths 
> and the quarter in the first measure followed by a small extension of 
> the staff lines beyond the barline.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug/limitation?
>
> -David
>
> %%%%%%%%
>
> \version "2.11.54"
>
> \relative c' {
> \time 5/8
> \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(1 . 4)
> \scaleDurations #'(5 . 2)
> c8 c
> c4
> }
>
> %%%%%%%%
>
>
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