David, My experience is transcribing 18th and 19th century piano scores. I do get "run-off" staves. This is usually the result of incorrect mensuration of a note or notes.
You piece still has some sort of vertical simultaneity. Perhaps you could start with a temporary time signature, just to see if voices align. Then remove it for publication. Mark -----Original Message----- From: David Bellows [mailto:davebell...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:46 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> Cc: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: Re: Unconventional score and unwanted stray staff lines Hey Mark, > Maybe use bar checks? Given that a lot of the music isn't generated to fit any particular time signature (ie, the bar lines are often there just to break things up to ease reading), I would get tons of bar check errors. Plus, keeping track of when bars should be inserted in my software seems like it would be a huge chore. Is this something you think would solve the problem? On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 10:25 PM Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > > David > > Maybe use bar checks? > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: lilypond-user > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf > Of David Bellows > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 3:59 PM > To: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Subject: Unconventional score and unwanted stray staff lines > > Hello everyone, > > I tried to keep the examples minimal but I also needed to show the full > extent of what is going on. > > Attached are two Lilypond files and pdfs showing an unconventional score. > Each part has the same number of notes but since the durations are random, > each part ends at its own time. > > badtest.ly and badtest.pdf show the default behavior. When a part ends, one > of its staves continues on till the last part ends. I don't want this > behavior. > > test.ly and test.pdf do a better job of showing what happens with the > workaround hack of adding s128 at the end of each part. The problem with that > -- and I didn't include examples -- is that if all the durations are the same > and end at a natural bar line, an extra empty measure is added at the end of > each part. I can't check for this occurrence ahead of time in my own software > as it would be insane to keep track of all of that. > > You'll notice a lot of context commands all of which I think are necessary to > get everything else to look as it should. > > So I'm hoping someone has an idea about what's going on here and how > to prevent those extra staves like in test.pdf > > Also, these Lilypond files are generated automatically by another program > I've created so the layout of the Lilypond file can't really be changed > without a massive amount of work. Hopefully a solution won't require > something like that. > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
