David, The half note rest is because it's basically a 4/4 bar, so it needs to align with the start of the free rhythm. Here's a screenshot.
Best regards, Peter mailto:lilyp...@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com ------------------------- Saturday, June 13, 2020, 11:18:13 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Peter Toye <lilyp...@ptoye.com> writes: >> David, >> In this example the first two notes of the bass should synchronise >> with the first two notes of the treble. And they do. My question was >> what to do in a more complicated situation. > What with the rest of the bass? It ends in a half note. The melody > ends in a full bar rest. Where should that half note align to? >>>> What I mean is that in some music the end of the 'free rhythm' section >>>> may need to be synchronised with the other staves. For instance, at >>>> the end of a florid passage for a soloist in free rhythm, the last few >>>> notes may need to coincide with an accompaniment. The \cadenza >>>> keywords don't seem to handle this. Would you like an example or have >>>> I explained it well enough now? >>> You posted an example. What in the bass of the example should >>> synchronise where?
