in Snippets - LilyPond

Tweaks and overrides 445
Time signature in parentheses
The time signature can be enclosed within parentheses.
\relative c'' {
\override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = #(lambda (grob)
(bracketify-stencil (ly:time-signature::print grob) Y 0.1 0.2 0.1))
\time 2/4
a4 b8 c
}
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Time signature printing only the numerator as a number
(instead of the fraction)
Sometimes, a time signature should not print the whole fraction (e.g. 7/4), but only the numerator
(7 in this case). This can be easily done by using \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style
= #'single-digit to change the style permanently. By using \revert Staff.TimeSignature
#'style, this setting can be reversed. To apply the single-digit style to only one time signature,
use the \override command and prefix it with a \once.
\relative c'' {
\time 3/4
c4 c c
% Change the style permanently
\override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'single-digit
\time 2/4
c4 c
\time 3/4
c4 c c
% Revert to default style:
\revert Staff.TimeSignature #'style
\time 2/4
c4 c
% single-digit style only for the next time signature
\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'single-digit
\time 5/4
c4 c c c c
\time 2/4
c4 c
}
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Transcription of Ancient music with incipit
As a workaround to get real incipits which are independent from the main score these are
included as a markup into the field normally used for the instrument name. As for now lyrics
can only be added as a direct markup. It doesn’t unfortunately conform with the spacing of the
main lyrics.
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