+
+ \alias "Timing"
+
+ %% An alias for Timing is established by the Timing_translator in
+ %% whatever context it is initialized, and the timing variables are
+ %% then copied from wherever Timing had been previously established.
+ %% The alias at Score level provides a target for initializing
+ %% Timing variables in layout definitions before any
+ %% Timing_translator has been run.
+
+ timeSignatureSettings = #default-time-signature-settings
+ timeSignatureFraction = 4/4
+ autoBeaming = ##t % needed for consistent melismata with engravers
+
+ %% Other beaming variables are not important as autobeams don't affect
+ %% the Midi. Melismata are only affected by beams when autobeaming
+ %% is switched off.
+