Re: \cadenzaOn question

[Mats Bengtsson]

It seems nobody has answered your question. The first thing to note is 
that \cadenzaOn and \cadenzaOff commands affect the full score, i.e. all 
staves. Otherwise, I think the description in the Notation Reference 
more or less says it all, namely that \cadenzaOn simply tells LilyPond 
to stop counting beats and inserting bar lines automatically (which 
again applies to all staves).
If you move the Timing_translator from the Score level to Staff level, 
as described in 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/user/lilypond/Displaying-rhythms#Polymetric-notation
then the \cadenzaOn and \cadenzaOff commands only apply to the current 
stave, since they set properties on the Timing context, see 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/user/lilypond/Special-rhythmic-concerns#Time-administration

   /Mats

James E. Bailey wrote:
> Because of a question on the german forum, I thought I'd ask here. Is 
> the music in a cadenza supposed to take up no time? Consider the 
> following:
>
> \version "2.12.1"
> \relative c'{
>    \time 2/4
>    \set Score.skipBars = ##t 
>    c4 d            
>    <<
>       {  R2^"G.P." }
>       \new Staff { \cadenzaOn e4 f e d \cadenzaOff }
>    >>
>    R2*2
>    c2  
> }
>
> \relative c'{
>    \time 2/4
>    \set Score.skipBars = ##t 
>    c4 d e f        
>    <<
>       {  R2^"G.P." }
>       \new Staff { \cadenzaOn e4 f e d \cadenzaOff s2 }
>    >>
>    R2*2
>    c2  
> }
>
> I can certainly understand the logic behind it, but I couldn't find 
> anywhere that this was explained. Perhaps it is implied in the 
> notation reference, but it really only mentions bar lines and bar 
> numbers, but not how cadenzas fit into multi-staff music.
>
> James E. Bailey
>
>
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