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| 13 | Mixed time signatures | |
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| 16 | <A NAME="mixdtime">Once in a while, music is written with different</A> | |
| 17 | time signatures | |
| 18 | on different staffs. Mup does not support this directly, | |
| 19 | but it is possible to simulate it | |
| 20 | for the case where the time signatures reduce to the same value, for example, | |
| 21 | 3/4 and 6/8 time (since 6/8 taken as a fraction and reduced to lowest terms | |
| 22 | is 3/4). You can make the output use both 3/4 and 6/8 by using a non-printing | |
| 23 | time signature, then placing the time signatures manually. | |
| 24 | Here is an example of how to do that: | |
| 25 | <BR><PRE> | |
| 26 | score | |
| 27 | // set time signature to 3/4 but don't print it | |
| 28 | time=3/4n | |
| 29 | staffs=2 | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | staff 1 | |
| 32 | // We want this staff to be in 3/4 time, | |
| 33 | // so beam things in groups of | |
| 34 | // quarter note times. | |
| 35 | beamstyle=4,4,4 | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | staff 2 | |
| 38 | // We want this staff to effectively be | |
| 39 | // in 6/8 time, so we'll beam things | |
| 40 | // in groups of dotted quarters. | |
| 41 | beamstyle=4., 4. | |
| 42 | // In real 6/8 time, the time unit would | |
| 43 | // be eighth note, so make that the default | |
| 44 | timeunit=8 | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | music | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | // Add padding to the first chord on at least one | |
| 49 | // of the staffs, to make room for the manually placed | |
| 50 | // time signatures, and set location tags | |
| 51 | 1: [pad 5; =t] c; 8d; e; f; g; | |
| 52 | 2: [=s] g; f; g; 4.c; | |
| 53 | ||
| 54 | // Manually place the time signatures | |
| 55 | // They are printed in 16-point newcentury bold font, | |
| 56 | // relative to the location tags that were set. | |
| 57 | // First print the 3/4 | |
| 58 | print (t.w - 4, t.y) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)3"; | |
| 59 | print (t.w - 4, t.y - 4) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)4"; | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | // Then print the 6/8 | |
| 62 | print (t.w - 4, s.y) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)6"; | |
| 63 | print (t.w - 4, s.y - 4) "\f(newcentury bold)\s(16)8"; | |
| 64 | bar | |
| 65 | </PRE><BR> | |
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