Re: Time signature differs from measure length

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 10.10.2014 um 12:45 schrieb Noeck:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I want to write a piece with a alla-breve time signature but with four half
> > notes in a measure (4/2).
> >
> > Is it better to overwrite the time signature stencil and use \time 4/2 or do it 
> > like this:
> >
> > \version "2.18.2"
> >
> > \relative c'' \scaleDurations 1/2 {
> >    \time 2/2
> >    r2 g g g | f f g b | b a b1
> > }
> > Noeck,
> >
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2014-09/msg00603.html
> > might be of help.
> >
> > Mark
> Thanks. I should have found this.
> My main question which solution is more correct? Scaling the durations
> or changing the printed time signature?
For the printed output it doesn’t matter. Scaling the durations seems 
most tedious to me, and overriding the stencil is also more complicated 
than a third possibility:
\time 2/2
\set Timing.measure-length = #(ly:make-moment 4 2)
But it’s up to which coding you prefer, actually. To me, a really 
"correct" solution would be \override TimeSignature.style – but this 
works only for \time 4/4 and \time 2/2. So you need to use something 
more intrusive.

Best, Simon