On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 16:06 +0200, Simon Albrecht wrote: > On 31.08.2017 14:40, Bernhard Kleine wrote: > > At the end of the Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Brevis there is a note > > three measure long. Is there any way to do that simply? > > Yes, there is. However, that is actually a \maxima (with a duration of > 8*1)
or even more, with "perfection" at the level of prolation, tempus, modus or (theoretically) maximodus. <snip> > I always use Completion_heads_engraver and code the original > note values, instead of hard-coding any ties, in mensural music. +1 You might get some help for your original question from Kieran's reply to my question on Wednesday: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2017-08/msg00398.html HTH -- Graham
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