Re: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

2024-01-12 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser via LilyPond user discussion
Hi Stanton, I’m setting various short organ pieces from an old Peters edition, mostly to prevent my aging brain from forgetting… One piece is in 8/4 time -the first measure has a whole note and 2 half notes. However, the time signature as printed is the cut time symbol. How can I reproduce t

Re: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

2024-01-11 Thread Stanton Sanderson
David, Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. William, thank you for the helpful explanation of the somewhat archaic use of the cut time sign. And David, again thank you for your responses. -Stan > On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:20 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 11 Jan 2024 at 20:11:

Re: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

2024-01-11 Thread David Wright
On Thu 11 Jan 2024 at 20:11:54 (-0600), Stanton Sanderson wrote: > > Thank you for the suggestion, but as stated previously, I’m trying to > reproduce the original from the Peters edition. The problem, as you point > out, is that the cut C is used in the original. Whether 8/4 or 4/2 (and I > ag

RE: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

2024-01-11 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Stanton, As far as I know (I use Lilypond 2.22.2) cut C is not available for 4/2. Mark -Original Message- From: Stanton Sanderson Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 6:12 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: LilyPond Users Subject: Re: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time Mark, T

Re: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

2024-01-11 Thread Stanton Sanderson
y, January 11, 2024 3:15 PM > To: LilyPond Users > Cc: Stanton Sanderson > Subject: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time > > I’m setting various short organ pieces from an old Peters edition, mostly to > prevent my aging brain from forgetting… > > One piece

RE: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

2024-01-11 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Subject: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time I’m setting various short organ pieces from an old Peters edition, mostly to prevent my aging brain from forgetting… One piece is in 8/4 time -the first measure has a whole note and 2 half notes. However, the time signature as printed is

Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

2024-01-11 Thread Stanton Sanderson
I’m setting various short organ pieces from an old Peters edition, mostly to prevent my aging brain from forgetting… One piece is in 8/4 time -the first measure has a whole note and 2 half notes. However, the time signature as printed is the cut time symbol. How can I reproduce this? I’m using