Re: Multiple tempos at the same time and midi playback?

[Yakir Arbib]

Hi All,

Thank you very much for your help and suggestions!

On 12/14/18, Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On 12/13/18, 5:33 AM, "Yakir Arbib" <address@hidden> wrote:
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>     Hi All,
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>     My name is Yakir and I'm a pianist / composer based in Paris.
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>     I am very new to LilyPond, so please pardon me if my question is
>     annoying or redundant.
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>     I write modern classical music in which each instrument has its' own
>     separate tempo.  My question is, do you think it's possible to write
>     something like that in LilyPond using separate tempo commands for each
>     staff?
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> I'm pretty sure you will not be able to accomplish this easily in LilyPond.
> It is probably possible by using scaled durations.
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> Lilypond's basic timing is done in beats.  Beats are grouped into measures.
> The timing is not done in seconds, or minutes.
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> So if you want to have one staff at 4/4 and a tempo of 60, with another
> staff at 4/4 and a tempo of 120, you'll probably need to scale the durations
> of all the notes in the 120 staff by two, and probably fake the time
> signature (that is, set the time signature to say, 4/2 but display it as
> 4/4).  And when you do that, you'll need to reset the beaming rules.
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> So I think it's doable, but not easily.
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> HTH,
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> Carl
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