Re: Question on creating an "ossia" with different times?

[Wim van Dommelen]

Hi James,

Thanks for pointing out. I upgraded now and I took a look in the new  
learning manual. You are right, once in a while one has to re-read  
(parts of) the documentation although you might think you know it all,  
and I didn't. Apologies.

I found clues on how to run the different \time commands in different  
staves and take out the Timing_translator. But somehow I'm drifting  
away from what I had in mind. Now I'm trying to find a way to  
verticall align notes and the bar lines, because reading it now is  
also no fun.

The sample below is how far I got untill now.

Regards,
Wim van Dommelen.

P.S. The alignment of the two small ossia's staffs themselves can  
probably be done with a context, but I'm not there yet.

------ sample code: -----------------------------------------

\version "2.12.3"

\paper {
        #(set-paper-size "a4")
        #(define dump-extents #t)
        indent = 0\mm
}

\book {
    \score {
        \new Staff = "main" {
            \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
	    \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line- 
invisible
            \clef violin
            \key d \major
            \relative c' {
                \time 3/2
                c c d d es es |
                e e fis fis
                <<
                    { g g | }
                    \new Staff = "ossia" \with {
                        alignAboveContext = #"main"
                        firstClef = ##f
                    }
                    { \time 3/4 g4 g r | }
                >>
                \time 1/4
                r |
                \time 4/2
                c, c d d es es
                <<
                    { e e | }
                    \new Staff = "ossia" \with {
                        alignAboveContext = #"main"
                        firstClef = ##f
                    }
                    { \time 3/4 e!4 e r | }
                >>
                \time 1/4
                r |
                \time 3/2
                r c d d es es |
            }
            \bar "|."
        }
        \layout {
            \context {
                \Score
                \remove "Timing_translator"
                \remove "Default_bar_line_engraver"
            }
            \context {
                \Staff
                \consists "Timing_translator"
                \consists "Default_bar_line_engraver"
            }
        }
    }
}

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On 29 Oct 2010, at 23:07 , James Bailey wrote:

> Hi, first of all, let me recommend you to upgrade to version 2.12.  
> It's the current stable version, and includes numerous bug fixes  
> over 2.10. Secondly, let me recommend you to read the Learning  
> Manual included in the new documentation. Even if you've been using  
> LilyPond for quite a while, it explains the features in an easy to  
> understand format, and will likely enable you to answer most of your  
> own questions in the future. Thirdly, to answer your question,  
> you'll find sections on having different time signatures in  
> different staves in (the 2.12 documentation) the Notation Reference,  
> section 1.2.3, and information on creating ossia staves in section  
> 1.6.2. I hope these help you!
>
> James
>
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Wim van Dommelen wrote:
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