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Re: Cowell/Ferneyhough Unconventional Meters


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Subject: Re: Cowell/Ferneyhough Unconventional Meters
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 08:57:32 +0200

On Jul 5, 2011, at 8:29 AM, Joey wrote:

> Just wondering if Lilypond can handle this type of situation;
> 
> In Ferneyhough's etudes transcendentales,
> he employs meters such as 2/12 or 2/10,
> acting as literal subdivisions of the semi-breve.
> This of course translates to n-tuplets,
> but frees up the score (and mind) a 
> bit so that one can really focus on
> a clear nested tuplet formation/interpretation
> within the general overview of a tuplet-based meter 
> without a general increase in tempo (as one would get in compound 
> time if adhering to the same principle).
> 
> I'm just curious if Lilypond would be able 
> to handle something along these lines.
> 
> 
> Basically I'm simply looking for the ability
> to notate "n/m" meter without much trouble.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Hey Joey,

The easiest way would be to create an override for the time signature stencil:
{
\time 2/8
\once \override Score . TimeSignature #'stencil =
#(lambda (grob) (grob-interpret-markup grob (markup #:override '(baseline-skip 
. 0) (#:center-column (#:number "2" #:number "10")))))
b8 b
}

Cheers,
MS


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