Re: 'baroque' time signatures

[Mario Bolognani]

Here is my MWE (structure of lilypond coding regarding part of “Combattimento 
di Tancredi e Clorinda” by Claudio Monteverdi):


    \key do\major
    \time 3/2
    \set Score.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 2)
    \tempo \breve. = 70
    s\breve.*20\break
    \time 4/4
    \set Score.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4 4)
    \tempo 2 = 65
    s1*35\break
    \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.extra-offset = #'(+13 . -1)
    \mark\markup\italic\column{ "Sinfonia"}
    \key fa\major
    s1*60\break
    \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.extra-offset = #'(+15 . -1)
    \mark\markup\italic\column{ "Principio della guerra"}
    \key do\major
    \time 3/2
    \tempo \breve. = 70
    \set Score.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 2)
    s\breve.*6
    \time 4/4
    \set Score.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4 4)
    \tempo 2 = 60
    s1*38\break
    \time 3/2
    \tempo \breve. = 70
    \set Score.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 2)
    s\breve.*4
    
   % and so on

    \bar "||”

When I change \tempo in 3/2 time the speed is more or less the same...

Mario Bolognani
mario.bolognani@gmail.com



> Il giorno 22 mar 2022, alle ore 19:26, Michael Gerdau <mgd@qata.de> ha 
> scritto:
> 
> Hi Mario,
> 
> please always include the list as well.
> 
>> Sorry Michael for my ignorance, but what is the meaning of the acronym MWE?
> 
> MWE == Minimum Working Example
> 
> It means a piece of code as short as possible that just shows the faulty or 
> suspicious behaviour.
> 
> That greatly helps others to help you because they see and understand what 
> you do and possibly what is wrong.
> 
> Another side effect is that while creating the MWE you often come to a point 
> where it starts to work which will give you a hint as to what was wrong in 
> the first place.
> 
>> In any case the performance of Monteverdi’s “Combattimento di Tancredi e 
>> Clorinda” in 3/1 uses something like \breve. = 70… 80, but my impression is 
>> that \tempo \breve = “something" is not a valid construct.
> 
> I don't know the music you are typesetting but I have successfully used 
> either of the following:
> \tempo \breve. = 100
> \tempo \breve. = 200
> \tempo \breve. = 300
> and they resulted in different speed upon playback.
> 
> That's what I wrote in my previous email. When it does not work for you, then 
> there may be something else that's wrong with your code but w/o knowing what 
> you do nobody can tell for sure.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Michael
> 
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