Hi JM, Would using \textLengthOn do what you want?
Cello = \relative f { \clef "bass" \key f \major \time 4/4 \textLengthOn g,2 \f ^\markup{"Contrabassi"} des''4 \p ^"Vcl." ( c4 ) | % 18 } \relative { \Cello } Andrew On 16/11/2015, 22:41, "Menu Jacques" <imj-...@bluewin.ch> wrote: >Problem is I don’t have a way yet to perform a « dilatation » of the bar to >cope with larger strings such as Contrabassi: _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user