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Odd time-signatures
From: |
Peter Quarrell |
Subject: |
Odd time-signatures |
Date: |
Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:41:31 +0100 |
I just downloaded Lilypond in order to improve the printing of psalm chants in
our church Sunday news sheet. We use a psalm-chant system created by one of
our congregation. The normal chant covers 2 verses of the psalm, with 10
crotchet beats per half verse. The chant's 4 quarter-verses are therefore
printed as 4 bars, each of 10 crotchet beats. Each bar is a semibreve,
followed by 2 crotchets, followed by another semibreve.
We don't actually want a time-signature in the output (because, like the
traditional Anglican chant, timing doesn't mean anything when you are
chanting), but that doesn't matter. My problem is that I can't see how to get
the output I want, with only 1 bar-line per 10-crotchet phrase. Lilypond
seems to reject a time-signature of 10/4. Although it is an odd
time-signature to want, it ought to be possible to implement it. Why does it
not work? The best I have been able to get has been 6/4, and using PaintShop
Pro to remove or shift the bar-lines has produced a messy result.
Best wishes
Peter Quarrell
- Odd time-signatures,
Peter Quarrell <=