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Re: formatting meterless music


From: Shane Brandes
Subject: Re: formatting meterless music
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:28:08 -0400

Michael,

You cane use \cadenzaOn  and then group your eighth notes with [ ] e.g.   deh,8[ deh,8] ees,4 geh,8[ deh,8 bes,8] ees,4 geh,8[ geh,8 c,8]

That should cause everything to work they way you are after and don't bother to declare a time signature. 

best of luck,
Shane

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Michael Collins <address@hidden> wrote:
Hello,

I'm working on a piece without barlines or a time signature.  The file is attached below.  I have tried using the \cadenzaOn command, but this seems to produce nice output only when I use a simple time signature (4/4) and manually bar (|) the input.  Unfortunately, the rhythmic values I'm using do not lend themselves to this approach.  The introduction of a couple 16th notes shifts everything over and makes it impossible to divide things into neat 4/4 bars.

My current solution modifies the layout's context block to completely suppress barlines and time signatures.  However, since lilypond still thinks I'm in 4/4, I'm getting ties across invisible barlines.  Also, since all barlines are suppressed, I can't get a double bar line at the end.  Is there any way around these problems?  Is there a way to produce meterless music without the ghostly ties that still includes a double barline at the end?

-Michael




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