Dear Collective Wisdom, I've almost got it! It was indeed an order of operations issue. Despite reading the manual, I wasn't clear on this, so I made a mini-primer:
***** \version "b.l.a.h" \layout { blah } \header { blah } \new Score { \relative c' { % << tells the program the staves happen simultaneously << \new Staff { blah } \new Staff { blah } \new Staff { blah } \new Staff { blah } %etc. %first I end the simultaneous command >> %then I end the \relative command } %then I end the \new Score command } ***** Then, if you pop into the \layout the code for different-time-signatures-with-different-barlines-simultaneously from the documentation: \layout { \context { \Score \remove "Timing_translator" \remove "Default_bar_line_engraver" } \context { \Staff \consists "Timing_translator" \consists "Default_bar_line_engraver" } } Then it works. Whew. cheers, andrea -- ™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™ http://reloadsanear.com http://antisocialmusic.org _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user