Re: Displaying 4/2 as cut common

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi Brent,

Am 24.06.21 um 03:53 schrieb Brent Annable:
> Just a quick question: is there any way to display a 4/2 time 
> signature as cut common? I've tried 4/2, 8/4 and 2/1, but none of them 
> seem to default to cut common.

That's a sufficiently common notation (in Renaissance and faux-archaic 
music e.g. by later Church composers) that maybe this should be an feature.

But it's not hard to force the desired behaviour. I know of two ways 
(and have no idea if one is better than the other):

a) Ask for \time 2/2 and tamper with the measure length.
b) Ask for \time 4/2 and tamper with the printed symbol.

\version "2.22.1"

{
  \time 2/2
  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4/2)
  c'2 2 2 2
}

{
  \time 4/2
  \set Timing.timeSignatureFraction = 2/2
  c'2 2 2 2
}

Lukas