Re: Time signature cancellation

[Mark Knoop]

At 14:59 on 04 Jun 2023, Damian leGassick wrote:
> you just want a recent real-world example? Birtwistle: Harrison’s
> Clocks.

See bar 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufDaECmsXNw

I see this usage occasionally, but not sure that I'd quite call it a
standard. It is however fairly clear, and so long as any LilyPond
implementation is able to be overridden (by the usual methods) I see no
harm in adding it.

>> On 4 Jun 2023, at 14:51, Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:
>>>> Has anyone here ever used or seen the X-shaped time-signature
>>>> cancellation sign pictured at [1], or anything similar?
>>>
>>> It's one standard for open meter.
>>>
>>> Here's the Dorico manual info: [...]
>>
>> Thanks, but ideally we would like to see a real-world example that
>> predates recent notation programs – they probably all try to implement
>> the stuff from Gould's book...
>>
>>
>>    Werner
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Mark Knoop