On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling < joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net> wrote:
> Lilypond currently supports simple "irrational meters" like 4/10, 7/6, > etc. which are used by contemporary composers such as Ferneyhough, Adčs, > etc. > > However, \compoundMeter cannot handle many of these complex notations. It > sometimes fails when an irrational component such as 1/10 is included in > the compound meter, and fails when a _fractional_ value such as 2/3 is > included in the compound meter -- as in Boulez' "Le marteau sans maître" > where there are time signatures such as (4 + 2/3)/8 . > > I've attached 3 minimal examples, 2 which fail with the compound meter but > compile with the equivalent non-compound irrational meter; and one which > includes a compound irrational meter that works. Thank you for your email, Joseph Rushton Wakeling. I was not sure if this should be an enhancement or a defect in the core program. I chose enhancement because it seems possible to get the correct time signature (but not handle the measures?) currently. This has been submitted as issue 2713 : http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2713 Ralph _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
