Jürgen Reuter <reute...@web.de> writes:
> Hi David,
>
> in case you or someone else is going to refactor the time signature
> code, please also consider the discussion that we already had about
> this topic in May 2002. See here:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2002-05/msg00088.html
>
> The suggested syntax as of then would have known the difference between
> 6/8 (=3+3 8th) versus 3/4 (=2+2+2 8th) thanks to the prolatio property.
I read
Prolatio:
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This number defines into how many minimas a semibrevis devides.
Valid values are 2 (prolatio minor), which is the current behaviour of
lilypond, and 3 (prolatio major), which has to be implemented. This
affects (at least) bar checks, note spacing, and midi performance.
That is waaaaaaay out of scope of what I am trying to address and would
require a much more invasive redesign of LilyPond's note values in order
to facilitate more natural mensural notation entry.
I think that the way to work mensural timing at least with LilyPond's
current design is rather relying on scaled durations for note entry,
thus making things fit manually.
--
David Kastrup
