Changing the open meter style of time signatures

You can change the open meter style of individual time signatures, independently of your project-wide setting.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the open meter time signatures whose style you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, choose one of the following options for Open style in the Time Signatures group:

    • No symbol

    • X

    • Penderecki’s symbol

Result

The open meter style of the selected time signatures is changed. No symbol open time signatures are indicated by signposts.

Tip

You can change the style of all open meter time signatures project-wide on the Time Signatures page in Engraving Options.

Example

Figure 1. X open style
Figure 2. Penderecki’s symbol open style
Figure 3. No symbol open style