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+Once in a while, music is written with different
+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:
+
+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 +
