Hi John, Am 23.07.20 um 13:21 schrieb John Burt:
While the second tenor part is singing a cadenza, the first tenor and the baritone parts are holding a note as long as the cadenza. I now how to make a rest a long as a cadenza -- #(mmrest-of-length MyCadenza) but I don't know how to do this with a note. Is there a way?
Maybe: \version "2.21.0" with-length-of = % \with-lengths-of \ref \mus typesets \mus compressed to the % duration of \ref. #(define-music-function (ref mus) (ly:music? ly:music?) (ly:music-compress mus (ly:moment-div (ly:music-length ref) (ly:music-length mus)))) test = { c'4. d'4 } << \new Staff { \with-length-of \test { c'8 d' e' f' } g'[ a b] } \new Staff { \test e'8 f' d' } >> % ---------------------------------------------------- soloCadenza = \relative { a'4 g8[ f] e[ d] e[ f] a,4 b e4. d8 } << \new Staff { \with-length-of \soloCadenza <b d' f' g'>1 <c' e' g'>1 } \new Staff { \cadenzaOn \soloCadenza \cadenzaOff \bar "|" c'4 e'8 g' c''2 } >> Best Lukas