Multimeasure rests over a cadenza

[James Harkins]

Hi,

I am perfectly ripping my hair out trying to get multimeasure rests to display 
properly in another staff, over a cadenza. Reduced example illustrates.

I don't get the barcheck errors if I replace the mm-rests with spacers, but 
then I don't get the whole-rest symbols in the empty bars, and that also looks 
wrong. (But if I do a spacer for the cadenza bar, and then go back to 
R(something), the R gives barcheck errors.)

If I use \time 5/4 before R1*5/4 and \time 4/4 after, I *still* get barcheck 
errors (#6) -- *and* I get time signatures in the cadenza bar, which I don't 
want.

I've also tried #(ly:export (mmrest-of-length aVariableHoldingMyCadenza)) but I 
get barcheck problems with this too.

Any hacks much appreciated. Thanks.
James


\version "2.14.2"
\include "english.ly"

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff \relative c' {
      c2 r2

      %% alternatives (all failed):

      %% #1 - "barcheck failed"
      R1*5/4 R1

      %% #2 - "barcheck failed"
      %\cadenzaOn R1*5/4 \cadenzaOff R1

      %% #3 - "barcheck failed"
      %R1*5/4 \bar "|" R1

      %% #4 - "barcheck failed"
      %\cadenzaOn R1*5/4 \cadenzaOff \bar "|" R1

      %% #5 - "barcheck failed"
      %R1*2

      %% #6 - "barcheck failed"
      %\time 5/4 R1*5/4 \time 4/4 R1
    }
    \new Staff \relative c' {
      c4 d e f
      \cadenzaOn g a g f e
      \cadenzaOff \bar "|"
      d2 g2
    }
  >>
}

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