Here's how I make large time signatures that go between staves or span
several staves. It's a very flexible method which makes it easy to
control the size and the placement of the time signatures:
1. Turn off time signature display in all staves.
2. Create a certain number of extra "time signature" staves. In staff
attributes, make sure that nothing displays on these staves apart from
the time signatures: make each one a zero-line staff, turn off
everything in "items to display" apart from the time signatures and
turn off display of rests in empty measures.
3. Choose the font and size of the time signatures: I use Engraver Time.
4. Now you can move each time signature up or down to where you need it
by dragging on the handle of the corresponding "time signature" staff.
Michael Cook
On 9 Nov 2005, at 08:07, Brennon Bortz wrote:
I apologize if this has been asked before, but my searches haven’t
turned up much in the archives...
How does one create “cross-group time signatures”, such as those
commonly seen in large-ensemble pieces? I’m talking about the large
time signatures that don’t just reside in one staff, but are exploded
to cross over multiple staves.
Also, is there a “proper” name for this notational marking?
Thanks,
Christopher
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B. Christopher Bortz
Graduate Student, Music Composition
University of California, Riverside
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