Re: Alla breve notation in Kyrie (2) from Bach's Hohe Messe

[Jogchum Reitsma]

(Sent this accidentally to PM)

Hi Jean,

There may be a better solution, but this one works perfectly for me. 
Thanks a lot!

regards, Jogchum

Op 07-07-16 om 14:29 schreef Jean Brefort:
> Le jeudi 07 juillet 2016 à 13:48 +0200, Jogchum Reitsma a écrit :
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In the second Kyrie from J.S. Bach's Hohe Messe, the time signature
> > is 4/4, but the bars are filled with 8 quarter notes or its
> > equivalent in time.
> > I cannot find in the documentation or last years list archive how to
> > code that in lilypond.
> >
> > \set timeSignatureFraction = #'(2.2)
> >
> > which maybe is the solution, gives the error
> >
> > waarschuwing: typecontrole is mislukt voor 'timeSignatureFraction';
> > waarde '(2.2)' moet van type 'fraction, as pair' zijn
> > Translated:
> >
> > warning: typecontrol failed for 'timeSignatureFraction'; value
> > '(2.2)' must be of type 'fraction, as pair'
> >
> > Any idea how to code this?
> Hi,
>
> In such case, I use something like:
>    \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
>    \override Staff.TimeSignature #'text = \markup {\musicglyph #"timesig.C44"}
>    \time 8/4
>
> There might be better solution though
>
> Regards,
> Jean