Re: Suppressings time signatures

[Gordon Gilbert]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Graham Percival wrote:

> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:55:12 -0800
> From: Graham Percival <address@hidden>
> To: Gordon Gilbert <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Suppressings time signatures
>
>
> On 18-Jan-05, at 5:49 PM, Gordon Gilbert wrote:
>
> > The file below was written for 2.2.2.  With this kind of chant for singing 
> > the Psalms there should be no time signature.  I put one in the coding 
> > simply to put the bar-lines in the correct place.  Now how can I remove the 
> > actual time signature character?
>
> I'm not certain whether this works in 2.2, but for 2.4 this is extremely
> easy; see the "Changing Defaults" chapter in the manual.
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham

Hi again!

I've tried many things to get rid of the time signature.  I know about the 
command "\remove "Time_signature_engraver"" -- now -- where in the file 
below do I put that?

Blessings,

Gordon Gilbert



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\header {
        filename = "PsalmTune.ly"
        enteredby = "Gordon Gilbert"
        composer = "Gordon Gilbert 1968, 2004"
        poet = ""
        date="tr. Mary Byrne; versified by Eleanor Hull 1927"
        title = "Psalm Tune"
        metre = ""
        meter = \metre
        copyright = "Gordon Gilbert 2005"
        style = "tune"
        mutopiacomposer = \composer
        mutopiapoet=\poet
        maintainer = "Gordon Gilbert"
        maintainerEmail = "address@hidden"
        lastupdated = "2005/Jan/6"
}

\version "2.2.2"


global=\notes {
    \time 2/2 \key g \major
    \skip 1*3 \bar "||"
    \skip 1*4 \bar "||"
    \skip 1*3 \bar "||"
    \skip 1*4 \bar "||"

}
%shorthand for Skip Lyric
sl = \notes { \skip 4 }

sop = \context Voice = "sop" \notes  {
        \voiceOne
        g'1 |
         d''2 b' |
        g'1
        fis'1|
        e'2 d'| e' g'
        a'1
        d'' |
        e''2 b' |
        a'1
        d'|
        e'2 fis' |
        g' a' |
        g'1
}

alto = \context Voice = "alto" \notes  {
        \voiceTwo
        d'1 |
        fis'2 fis' |
        e'1
        d' |
        c'2 b |
        c' e' |
        fis'1
        fis' |
        gis'2 e' |
        e'1
        d' |
        c'2 d' |
        e' fis' |
	d'1 
}

tenor = \context Voice = "tenor" \notes  {
        \voiceOne
        b1 |
        a2 a |
        b1
        a |
        g2 g |
        a b |
        a1
        d' |
        b2 gis |
        c'1
        g |
        g2 a |
        b c' |
	b1 
}

bass = \context Voice = "bass" \notes  {
        \voiceTwo
        g1 |
        fis2 d |
        e1
        d |
        c2 b, |
        a, e |
        d1
        b |
        e2 b, |
        a1
        b, |
        c2 c |
        e d |
	g,1 
}

accomp=\chords {

}





\score {
        \notes \context ChoirStaff <<
               \context ChordNames \accomp
                 \unset ChoirStaff.melismaBusyProperties
                \context Staff ="upper" \notes { \clef "G" <<
                        \global
                        \sop
                        \alto
                >>}


                \context Staff = "lower" \notes { \clef "F"<<
                        \global
                        \tenor
                        \bass
                >>}

        >>
        \paper{
                indent = 0.0\pt
                \context {
                        \ChordNamesContext
                        \override ChordName  #'style = #'american
                        chordChanges = ##t
                    }
        }
        \midi {
                \tempo 4 = 120
        }
}