Documentation/snippets/heavily-customized-polymetric-time-signatures.ly


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% DO NOT EDIT this file manually; it is automatically
% generated from Documentation/snippets/new
% Make any changes in Documentation/snippets/new/
% and then run scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
%
% This file is in the public domain.
%% Note: this file works from version 2.17.15
\version "2.18.0"

\header {
  lsrtags = "contemporary-notation, percussion, real-music, rhythms"

  texidoc = "
Though the polymetric time signature shown was not the most essential
item here, it has been included to show the beat of this piece (which
is the template of a real Balkan song!).

"
  doctitle = "Heavily customized polymetric time signatures"
} % begin verbatim


melody = \relative c'' {
  \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bb Sop."
  \key g \major
  \compoundMeter #'((3 8) (2 8) (2 8) (3 8) (2 8) (2 8)
                    (2 8) (2 8) (3 8) (2 8) (2 8))
  c8 c c d4 c8 c b c b a4 g fis8 e d c b' c d e4-^ fis8 g \break
  c,4. d4 c4 d4. c4 d c2 d4. e4-^ d4
  c4. d4 c4 d4. c4 d c2 d4. e4-^ d4 \break
  c4. d4 c4 d4. c4 d c2 d4. e4-^ d4
  c4. d4 c4 d4. c4 d c2 d4. e4-^ d4 \break
}

drum = \new DrumStaff \drummode {
  \bar ".|:" bd4.^\markup { Drums } sn4 bd \bar ";" sn4.
  bd4 sn \bar ";" bd sn bd4. sn4 bd \bar ":|."
}

{
  \melody
  \drum
}