Re: 'baroque' time signatures

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 21/03/2022 à 22:49, Michael Gerdau a écrit :
> > {
> >    \time 4/4
> >    \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2)
> >    1 1 1 1
> >    \time 3/1
> >    \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6)
> >    1 1 1 1 1 1
> > }
>
> I use basically the same except instead of
> \set Timing.measureLength = ...
> I have
> \set Score.measureLength = ...
>
> What is the difference and why/when would I prefer one over the other?


The Timing alias is given to contexts that manage the timing (measure 
length, subdivision, etc.). Usually, this is the Score context. However, 
if you move the Timing_translator to another context like Staff in order 
to get polymeter (in the upcoming version there will be a predefined 
\enablePolymeter command doing that behind the scenes), a \set for 
Timing becomes equivalent to \set Staff ... Thus, while using Timing is 
probably not very important for users who never typeset polymetric 
music, it is done in the documentation in order to account for all cases.

Jean