Re: Removing Time Signature entirely (not just transparent)

[ctesta]

Hi Marc,

Ahh yes, the custom clef. I have been having some fun with that. I am
copying some handwritten music and I'm trying to retain the character of
the music as much as possible. The clef is a design of someone else's so I
won't include how to do it. But here is the basic premise.

Here is a good snippet on the subject.
http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=401

And here is the basic code I am using (with a Diamond clef instead of the
large treble clef)

%Diamond Clef
diamondClefStencil =
  #(ly:make-stencil
    `(path 0.2 %thickness
          `(rmoveto 0 0 %draw the clef
            rlineto 1 2
                rlineto 1 -2
                rlineto -1 -2
                rlineto -1 2))
     (cons -0.5 1) %boundaries
     (cons -3 5))

diamondClef = { \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = \diamondClefStencil }
normalClefs = { \revert Staff.Clef #'stencil }

When you want to use the clef just place \diamondClef before hand and then
call whatever clef note positions you want to use. So it might be.

\diamondClef
\clef treble

Then you will get the diamond clef with note positions for a normal treble
clef.

I am loving how customizable Lilypond is. Computer notation doesn't have
to be generic!

Best,
Carl

> Am 14.03.2011 19:23, schrieb address@hidden:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I am working on some highly customized notation for proportionally
>> notated
>> phase music. I need all of the beats on the page to take up the same
>> amount of space so that the rhythms can be clearly seen. What I need to
>> do
>> now is to take away the time signature in the first line entirely (not
>> just make it transparent). I need to take it away entirely because if I
>> make it transparent it still takes up space and makes the first line
>> have
>> a smaller proportional notation than the rest of the lines.
>>
>> See attached image.
> A bit OT: how do you generate the clef?
>
> Marc
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