David, Thanks. That solves the vocal line, but it doesn't seem to solve the synchronisation issue with the accompaniment, which is rather necessary in a song!
Best regards, Peter mailto:lilyp...@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com ------------------------- Friday, June 12, 2020, 4:31:18 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Peter Toye <lilyp...@ptoye.com> writes: >> I need to have part only of a bar notated with free rhythm. Also other >> staves need to be synchronised. I've tried using \cadenzaOn but then I get a >> barcheck problem and the next bar goes odd. I can't see anything about this >> in the snippets or manuals. A minimal example follows. >> There seem to be two issues: >> 1) How do I get the desired result, which is one bar with the first 2 >> crotchets synchronised with the bass, and the rest unsynchronised? >> 2) This isn't in the example, but what if I want a free section within a >> bar, but synchronised accompaniment at the beginning and end of the bar >> (e.g. a chord on the final note of a cadenza). >> \language "english" >> \version "2.19.83" >> \score { >> << >> \new Staff { >> \time 4/4 >> { >> c'4 4 4 4 | >> 4 4 \cadenzaOn 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 \bar "|" \cadenzaOff >> R1 >> } >> } >> \new Staff { >> \time 4/4 >> \clef "bass" >> { >> c1 >> 4 4 r2\fermata | >> } >> } >> >> >> } >> Thanks in advance, > Switch off before the last note of the cadenza. That's not particularly > great but works.
