On Tue, 2022-12-13 at 15:44 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote: > Further to this: > I can do it if I start with Cadenza time, when no time Sig appears > at the beginning. > I can then add bars of indeterminate length with inserted bar-lines > between. After the last I can end Cadenza time when I get the chance > to inset a time-signature > BUT then it seems to imply that I have only the choice of Hiding the > new time signature > > I accepted one of then. then edited the Directive to get rid of the > Hide part. But it is confusing.
Yes, I don't know why the End Cadenza time doesn't give you the option not to hide the time signature (though I suppose what I had in mind is literally a cadenza when the normal thing would be to revert to the time signature before the cadenza but not show it). Worth a bug report I'd say :) Richard > Best wishes > Joe > > On 13/12/2022 15:29, Joe Wilkinson wrote: > > > Hi Richard, > > I'm trying to typeset a Mandolin Orchestra piece with 8 staves > > where the first movement has > > 3 opening bars unmeasured - timed at 10 s > > 60 bars at 6/8 > > 7 Unmeasured staffs. > > > > I assumed, wrongly it seemed, that what I should do, in the top > > "Marks Staff" is to start off with an Time Signature >> Unmeasured > > Staffs(on/off), insert barlines where specified, after the last > > inserted barline use Time Signature >> Unmeasured Staffs(on/off) > > again, then set the time signature for the following bars. > > It did not work. > > So, to try an example I repeated the process in a new file on a > > single music staff. > > Unmeasured to start, then some arbitrary musac for 3 bars, > > inserted barlines. After the third barline Time SIg change to 6/8 > > and some notes (which were split correctly in the editor into 2 > > bars of 6/8) > > > > > > The typeset music was as below; the 6/8 in the fourth bar was not > > recognised in Typeset. > > > > Perhaps I have misunderstood; I looked in the Manual, but didn't > > find any help with Unmeasured staffs. > > Should I be using Cadenza time instead? > > best wishes > > Joe > > > >
