Re: Polymetric(?) time signature

[Urs Liska]

Am 28.04.19 um 23:06 schrieb Robert Kubosz:
> Hello Lilyponders!
>
> I have a piece of music where measures have 4/4 time and 5/4 and it looks
> like this:
>
> {
>    \time 4/4
>    c4 c c c
>    \time 5/4
>    c c c c c
>    \time 4/4
>    c c c c
>    \time 5/4
>    c c c c c
> }
> and the pattern goes on like that to the very end of piece.
>
> I have a question: can I declare the alternating time signature on the
> beginning of piece once so I don't have to declare it for every measure? :
>
> {
>    \time 4/4 5/4        %?
>    c4 c c c
>    c c c c c
>    c c c c
>    c c c c c
> }
>
> I could not find it anywhere in docs and snippets but I swear I saw it
> somewhere...
> Could you help me with this?


If you are looking for a solution that does not *print* each new time 
signature this should help you: 
http://lilypondblog.org/2014/06/polymetrics-in-sibelius-vs-lilypond/. 
However, this will still require you to *encode* the meter for each change.

Urs

> Thanks in advance
> Robert
>
>
>
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