Re: simultaneous free rhythms

[Karl Hammar]

Luis Jure:
> i'm writing a string quartet with a section where the four instruments
> play in free rhythm, independently from each other. the cello plays a
> melody and the three other instruments play whole notes with fermatas,
> all of them freely. 
...

If you are really aiming for *independent* voices, don't use a score, 
use seperate parts. You could use cues to show dependancies between 
parts.

Otherwise, you could possible use proportional music, and constructs 
like

 { s2 bes''1*2\fermata \breathe s4 c''1*3/2\fermata ... }

to "place" the notes.

Regards,
/Karl