Re: Have I found the best way to engrave this piece?

[Jay Anderson]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Glen Larsen <address@hidden> wrote:
> My solution:
> I've attached a file with the short but complete opus 100 no 18 that looks
> quite nice, as long as you never ever turn on the display of the time
> signatures. What I did was calculate the time signatures needed to set each
> line as its own measure, allowing lilypond to easily calculate breaks.
>
> It is a short piece with 4 lines and 3 time signatures:  25/8 , 43/16 , and
> 12/8

I haven't looked at your attachment, but this sounds like what
\cadenzaOn and \cadenzaOff were created for. It will at least not
require you to count the beats in the measures without meter.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#unmetered-music

-----Jay