Proper "Free Time" marking support
I would really like to see actual support for free time markings such as "X" that the actually let's you enter notes freely. I know you can already achieve this with the symbols from the master pallet but working with symbols is very tedious especially if you want to have the marking before layouting for print.
Cheers!
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That one is not free time but free key, no key signature in contrast to C Major
Can you show examples of what you mean in published music? I'm more accustomed to simply seeing no time signature at all than seeing any special symbol. In time signature properties you can see the symbols we do support, if there is some sort of standard out there to justify adding new ones that could certainly be considered.
In reply to Can you show examples of… by Marc Sabatella
Yes the X is usually used to indicate an absence of time after a section in a traditional time signature:
https://www.scoringnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Japan-1-1024x51…
The traditional term is usually senza misura.
See also:
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592a503846c3c4128badc554/…
Or: https://www.steinberg.net/forums/download/file.php?id=18937biw=1920&bih…
In reply to Can you show examples of… by Marc Sabatella
Are the markings in the "Other" category supposed to be Free Time markings? Because I've only seen the one attached being used for something like that...
In reply to Are the markings in the … by minionmax
No, those are more for Renaissance music (mensural notation). But this would
Be the logical place to add new symbols. That is assuming the SMuFL standard provides for them. I do see an “X” glyph listed as “Open time signature”., but also a curved line listed as a Penderecki variation.
In reply to No, those are more for… by Marc Sabatella
Yeah, those were the ones I was using as symbols but of course they don't have the wanted properties.
Is there a way to do this?