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Add an option to add time signature on top of the first staff instead of inline within each staff.
It is not uncommon, in scores where the time signature varies often, to have the time signature placed above the first staff instead of inline. It eases the reading of the score by avoiding time signatures to "break the flow" of notes.
Such an example:
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The idea is to have:
An option at the style sheet level telling to to have the time signature above the score
An option at the staff level to overrule the style sheet option
A time signature which placement is above must appear on the top of the first visible staff, and be hidden in all the other staves
If a local time signature is applied on a staff, while the general time signature placement is above , keep the local time signature inline ? (TBD)
If time signature placement is above , the distances between the bar line and the other objects (notes, accidentals, ...) must follow today's rules as if no time signature was specified in that measure.
The time signature must be place centered on and above the bar line.
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Add an option to add time signature on top of the first staff instead of inline within each staff.
It is not uncommon, in scores where the time signature varies often, to have the time signature placed above the first staff instead of inline. It eases the reading of the score by avoiding time signatures to "break the flow" of notes.
Such an example:
{width: 20%}
The idea is to have:
Problem to be solved
Putting Time Signatures on top of the first staff requires a lot of manipulations. See this discussion Putting the time signature above the staff (Workaround) for a summary of techniques to achieve this.
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