Re: meter with notes

[Christof Biebricher]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Maurizio Codogno wrote:

> In some Italian scores I found meter indication in a peculiar way:
> instead of 4/4 or C, for example, you have 
>     4
>    \ql
> (let me write it 4 \over \ql for simplicity). 
> 
> Similarly, 2/2 is 2\over \hl and 6/8 is 2 \over \qlp .
> 
I haven't seen it yet. What is common in mensural notation is
to indicate the beat unit at the horizontal position of the meter but
above the stave. Is there a sign in musixtex for tempus perfectum (full
circle)?
Christof.