On Oct 25, 2014, at 17:59 , Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> wrote: > > I think the double c and double cut c symbols are very much non-standard, > unlike single cut c for 4/2, which I consider to be in use very widely. With > this difference in frequency of use I don’t find your suggestion convincing.
My suggestion was not based on frequency of use (because I am ignorant of that) but on my impression that it would be nicer to have a default that doesn’t use the same symbol for different time signatures. > default: (currently called #'C – perhaps rename to #'symbolic? That would be > more descriptive) > 4/4 -> c > 2/2 -> cut c > 4/2 -> (single) cut c “Symbolic” is too generic. It could be applied to more than one style, otherwise we wouldn’t be having this discussion. :) > How might an additional option for double c/cut c time signatures be called? > Perhaps #'romantic or #'double or #’varsymbol? I’m not qualified to judge whether the double-c style is romantic. If it is not desirable to add the double-c time signatures to the default style, my favorite name so far is #’CC. Here is yet another suggestion for your alla breve pieces: What about adding a #'single-C style (analogous to #’single-digit) which uses c or cut-c based only on the numerator? Any 4/x would be printed as a single c and any 2/x would be printed as a single cut c. You would therefore use \time 2/1. (I like this suggestion a lot.) Regards, — Dan _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel