Re: whole measure, unusual time signature

[Federico Bruni]

Il 15/11/2012 20:20, Victor Eijkhout ha scritto:
> 3. I have a part (labeled "mastertrack") that is completely empty
> except for a bunch of "\mark\default" and "\bar .|." thingies, and
> that I overlay on each part. This has worked fine in the past.
> However, using \times 14/16 {s1} to get a whole empty measure gives a
> strange message:

You should use:
R1*7/8

It's explained here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/writing-rests#full-measure-rests

I suggest you to check the documentation before asking in the mailing 
list.  LilyPond documentation is really well done and you can easily 
find the relevant information using the index at the bottom of each 
manual, for example:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/lilypond-index