Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I have a song that changes time signature for the chorus (and then back, obviously, for the next verse). In the printed version, I do not want to re-assert the time

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Christopher, tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I believe this will work: \once \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f Hope this helps! Kieren. ___

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 01/15/2013 03:40 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I believe this will work: \once \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f Thanks, Kieren. That doesn’t seem to work (in

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Christopher, That doesn’t seem to work You need to specify the context: songGlobalsVerse = { s8 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 6/8 s2.*8 \bar || } \score { \songGlobalsVerse } Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread james
On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Christopher R. Maden wrote: On 01/15/2013 03:40 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I believe this will work: \once \override TimeSignature

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 01/15/2013 04:05 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: You need to specify the context: OK... a more complete example is attached. The time signature is invoked in songGlobalsVerse. That’s used in a Staff: songVocals = \new Staff \clef treble { \songGlobalsIntro \repeat volta 6

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread james
On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:18 PM, Christopher R. Maden wrote: On 01/15/2013 04:05 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: You need to specify the context: OK... a more complete example is attached. The time signature is invoked in songGlobalsVerse. That’s used in a Staff: songVocals = \new Staff

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 01/15/2013 04:27 PM, james wrote: As previously noted in kieren's email, you need to add Staff. before TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f in order to specify the context that you want the override to take place in. Yes! Thank you, James. I had not properly understood Kieren. This works now.