Re: cadenza at beginning of song

[chip]

got it to work, now one more issue that I haven't found the answer to in the docs - I cannot get the empy measure's wider than the default (whatever that may be). I can add all the spacer notes I want, but the measure never gets any wider. What do I have to do to make an empty measure wider? Where did I miss this in the docs?
Thanks,
Chip

Got it to work like this -

TrumpetOne = %\transpose d e
    \relative c'' {
    \global
    \cadenzaOn
    s1*10^"Alto Cadenza" s2. \bar "||"
    \cadenzaOff
f8 e r4 r8 cs f e
f e r4 r f8 e
e2 d
b16 as b cs d cs d e f2
e8 d r4 r8 d e d
e d r e f4 e
c2 cs
d b

Alto = %\transpose d b
    \relative c'' {
    \global
    \cadenzaOn
    c16^"Alto Cadenza" d ef f g2. bf4 af g2. f16[ ef d f] d ef
    c2 d8 bf16 c g1 c16 d ef f g2 c8 b
    a16 g \times 4/5 { f16[ e d c d] } e2 b c1~ c1  \bar "||"
    \cadenzaOff
a8 g r4 r8 f a g
a g r4 r a8 g
g2 f
b16 as b c d c d e f2
g,8 f r4 r8 e a g
a g r g a4 g
e2 e
f g


Neil Puttock wrote:

2009/10/16 chip <address@hidden>:
  

I am working on a song that has a free time cadenza at the beginning, but am
having a problem with the other instruments rests for the duration of the
cadenza.
    

Put the cadenza in a separate identifier (i.e., cadenza = \relative
c'' { ... } ), then you can use mmrest-of-length to create a full-bar
rest with the same length:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Special-rhythmic-concerns#Aligning-to-cadenzas

  

Also, the notes of the cadenza run to the right edge of the page
and disappear, the notes don't wrap down to create another staff.
    

Automatic line breaking relies on barlines, so you'll have to insert
invisible barlines (\bar "") where you're happy for a break to occur
(or force with \break).

Regards,
Neil