On 6 September 2010 15:29, Richie Gress <searchfgold67...@live.com> wrote: > > I am trying to engrave music that has no meter; this is what I need > help doing:
Hi! > I need to engrave a score that has no time signature: I was thinking > about entering the time signature in but having a universal command > that will hide it whenever it changes. \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f > I need to specify where I want the barlines to go. Use \cadenzaOn and explicit bar lines with \bar "|" . You'll probably also need \bar "" to permit line breaks. See NR 1.2.3 Displaying rhythms > Unmetered music http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms.html#unmetered-music > I need to have some staves disappear when they only have rests in them, > and then reappear later when they begin to have music again. That's the purpose of \RemoveEmptyStaffContext (isn't the right name \RemoveEmptyStaves now?). See NR 1.6.2 Modifying single staves > Hiding staves http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/modifying-single-staves.html#hiding-staves > And finally I need to set the paper size to 8.5 * 11'' That's "letter", right? \paper { #(set-paper-size "letter") } NR 4.1.1 Paper size http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/paper-size > Could I have a little bit of help in doing these things, especially > with the rhythms I need? I appreciate it very much... Hope this helps. Cheers, Xavier -- Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user