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There is limited support for mensuration signs (which are similar to, but
not exactly the same as time signatures). The glyphs are hard-wired to
particular time fractions. In other words, to get a particular mensuration
sign with the \time n/m
command, n
and m
have to be
chosen according to the following table
Use the style
property of grob TimeSignature to
select ancient time signatures. Supported styles are
neomensural
and mensural
. The above table uses the
neomensural
style. This style is appropriate for the
incipit of transcriptions of mensural pieces. The mensural
style mimics the look of historical printings of the 16th century.
The following examples show the differences in style,
Notation Reference: Time signature, gives a general introduction to the use of time signatures.
Ratios of note durations do not change with the time signature. For example, the ratio of 1 breve = 3 semibreves (tempus perfectum) must be made by hand, by setting
breveTP = #(ly:make-duration -1 0 3 2) ... { c\breveTP f1 }
This sets breveTP
to 3/2 times 2 = 3 times a whole note.
The old6/8alt
symbol (an alternate symbol for 6/8) is not
addressable with \time
. Use a \markup
instead
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