From: lilypond-user <[email protected]>
on behalf of Erika Pirnes <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 8:09 AM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Time signatures for all parts
I'm writing an orchestra piece with a lot of time signature changes. I was
wondering if there is a way to put all the time signature changes into one
place, and use that in all parts? For example, if I want to later change a 6/4
to 3/2, I would only need to change it in one place and not for all parts
separately.
The longstanding “canonical” answer for this is to create a global part (often
called “global”, but the name is not significant) that contains time
signatures, tempo changes, etc. that apply to all parts. Then you put the
global part in parallel with the appropriate parts in the scores you are
creating.
\version "2.22"
global = {
\time 4/4
\key c\major
s1*2
\time 3/4
s2.*2
\key g\major
s2.*2
}
partOne = \relative {
\clef treble
c'4 d e f|
f4 e d c |
c d e |
f g a |
g fis e |
e fis g
}
partTwo = \relative {
\clef bass
c4 d e f|
f4 e d c |
c d e |
f g a |
g fis e |
e fis g
}
\score {
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff <<
\global
\partOne
>>
\new Staff <<
\global
\partTwo
>>
>>
\layout{}
}
\score {
\new Staff <<
\global
\partOne
>>
\layout{}
}
\score {
\new Staff <<
\global
\partTwo
>>
\layout{}
}
