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+<A NAME="mixdtime">Once in a while, music is written with different</A>
+time signatures
+on different staffs. Mup does not support this directly,
+but it is possible to simulate it
+for the case where the time signatures reduce to the same value, for example,
+3/4 and 6/8 time (since 6/8 taken as a fraction and reduced to lowest terms
+is 3/4). You can make the output use both 3/4 and 6/8 by using a non-printing
+time signature, then placing the time signatures manually.
+Here is an example of how to do that:
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+score
+ // set time signature to 3/4 but don't print it
+ time=3/4n
+ staffs=2
+
+staff 1
+ // We want this staff to be in 3/4 time,
+ // so beam things in groups of
+ // quarter note times.
+ beamstyle=4,4,4
+
+staff 2
+ // We want this staff to effectively be
+ // in 6/8 time, so we'll beam things
+ // in groups of dotted quarters.
+ beamstyle=4., 4.
+ // In real 6/8 time, the time unit would
+ // be eighth note, so make that the default
+ timeunit=8
+
+music
+
+// Add padding to the first chord on at least one
+// of the staffs, to make room for the manually placed
+// time signatures, and set location tags
+1: [pad 5; =t] c; 8d; e; f; g;
+2: [=s] g; f; g; 4.c;
+
+// Manually place the time signatures
+// They are printed in 16-point newcentury bold font,
+// relative to the location tags that were set.
+// First print the 3/4
+print (t.w - 4, t.y) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)3";
+print (t.w - 4, t.y - 4) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)4";
+
+// Then print the 6/8
+print (t.w - 4, s.y) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)6";
+print (t.w - 4, s.y - 4) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)8";
+bar
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