Re: Breathes placement

[ghe]

> the main problem with your input is, that you have overfull measures. { 
> c d e f2 } are 5/4 in a 4/4 measure. That means, Lilypond draws and 
> starts this f2 in the first measure, but it is still played in the 
> second. Therefore, the breathing mark is placed where the f2 is over. 
> How can you breathe, when the note is still sung? Are you sure, that 
> these note durations are intended?

Yes, I know that these are overfull measures; actually most measure bars 
are not even drawn (I have \context { \Score defaultBarType = "empty" }, 
with a few \bar "|" here and there).  These are indeed the intended 
durations; in the kind of (liturgical) music I want to typeset the exact 
rythms are not always respected.

I found an alternative way of achieving the same effect, which has the 
advantage that it is not necessary to repeat the indications for each 
voice:

... \time 5/4 c d e f2 \breathe \bar "" \time 4/4 ...

> If you want to stick to traditional notation practice, such overfull
> measures should not occur. Instead, you would write:
> { c d e f ~ f }
> If you want this to be done automatically, you can have a look here:
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#automatic-note-splitting

Thank you for the pointer, but alas it is not what I want to do...

--ghe