Re: Grace note spacing and barcheck difficulty in bagpipe music

[Ben Beeson]

Hi Trevor,

Thanks for pointing that out to me.  I will remember that.

Cheers and Thanks Again,

Ben 

On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 09:06 +0000, Trevor Daniels wrote: 
> Ben you wrote Friday, December 21, 2012 5:29 AM
> 
> > I am stumped, but happy.  I say that because LilyPond renders the tune
> > correctly and does not error on bar checks etc unless you have the
> > second \time 3/4 in the score block.  I know that removing the second
> > \time 3/4 from the score block fixed the problem, and that adding it
> > back recreated the problem.  I thought this was odd since the LilyPond
> > manual in the section on Changing time signatures inside a polymetric
> > section using \scaleDurations appears to show an example that has more
> > than one time signature in the score block.  For now I will try to
> > remember to minimize the use of "\time X/Y" in the scores to avoid
> > collisions in the future.  
> 
> A second \time will cause no problems if it occurs at the same
> musical moment as the first one.  In your case it doesn't, due to
> the different timing of the grace notes in the two parts.  As only
> one \time command is needed at any point in a score (unless it 
> is polymetric) it is best to stick to one at a time.
> 
> Trevor