Delete / Hide Time Signature / Write notation with "timeless signatures"

• Oct 9, 2022 - 08:20

Hi all - I am trying to write out a rubato, coda / cadenza that doesn't play time nor has real time signature.

For instance, a phrase might require two beats of notation but it's not a 2 / 4 time signature.

What I want to do is remove the time signature.
Example:
The song is in 4/4 but in the coda, there is one phrase that takes approximately 2 beats - I want a 2/4 time signature but only as space in which to contain two beats - see first circle.

What I don't want: Is the numbers "2" and a "4" in front of this rubato phrase.

Ideally, I'd like to switch between any time signature in the world but with no numbers indicating them.

(If you see image, there is a 4/4 needed but again I don't want the numbers there because it's not playing time.)

So far I tried:
Deleting but that just sets the system back to its default time signature
Right-click -> Select Hide from the drop down all to no avail.

Any help welcomed

Thanks


Comments

In reply to by kent_donaldo

Though if it's just for an irregular measure here and there I wouldn't enter time signatures and then turn them invisible at all. Just change the "Actual Duration" of the measure directly; either via the Measure Properties or by Ctrl/Cmd+Del (Tools > Remove Selected Range) the superfluous beats.

Another approach is to not change the time signature (or actual duration), but instead make a custom duplet out of the measure. But that only makes sense if the actual measure duration should remain equal.

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