Michael,

You cane use \cadenzaOn  and then group your eighth notes with [ ] e.g.
  deh,8[ deh,8] ees,4 geh,8[ deh,8 bes,8] ees,4 geh,8[ geh,8 c,8]

That should cause everything to work they way you are after and don't
bother to declare a time signature.

best of luck,
Shane

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Michael Collins <mxcoll...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm working on a piece without barlines or a time signature.  The file is
> attached below.  I have tried using the \cadenzaOn command, but this seems
> to produce nice output only when I use a simple time signature (4/4) and
> manually bar (|) the input.  Unfortunately, the rhythmic values I'm using
> do not lend themselves to this approach.  The introduction of a couple 16th
> notes shifts everything over and makes it impossible to divide things into
> neat 4/4 bars.
>
> My current solution modifies the layout's context block to completely
> suppress barlines and time signatures.  However, since lilypond still
> thinks I'm in 4/4, I'm getting ties across invisible barlines.  Also, since
> all barlines are suppressed, I can't get a double bar line at the end.  Is
> there any way around these problems?  Is there a way to produce meterless
> music without the ghostly ties that still includes a double barline at the
> end?
>
> -Michael
>
> ​
>  Oremus.ly
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f12TvUgRL96Nq-VVLo_cBZ0drmhkJh1hmhMyF989lUg/edit?usp=drive_web>
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