>Message: 7
>Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:34:49 -0500
>From: Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: different tempos
>To: Kostia Rapoport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: Lilypondusers Group <[email protected]>
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
>Hi Kostia,
>
>> [first of all: is it the right way to reply via email? i've never
>> used this kind of mailing lists but just ordinary insternet
>> discussion boards. will our conversation (maybe including useful
>> information for others) be visible on the archive on the lilypond-
>> website?]
>
>You need to "Reply All", in order to include the list on your response.
>[I've reposted this response to the list, to make sure it comes up in
>the archive, etc.]
>
>> there are four instruments, each with his own staff. all four are
>> playing just 8th notes in a different tempo. the very last note is
>> played together, simultaneously. for the first instrument, this is
>> the 8th note no. 513. for the first instrument, this is the 8th
>> note no. 631. for the first instrument, this is the 8th note no.
>> 483. and for the first instrument, this is the 8th note no. 379.
>I tried for a few minutes to solve your problem. However, it looks
>like Lilypond does not want to break in the middle of a note -- and
>since none of the intermediate notes ever line up exactly (379 and
>631 are primes), I couldn't figure out a way to get Lilypond to
>engrave more than a single system.
>
>Perhaps there are users out there with more experience with the
>timing_engraver who can help.
>
>Sorry,
>Kieren.
>
I don't know if anyone else helped with this, but I found it a rather fun
puzzle. Since lilypond can only have a line break where there is a measure,
essentially, I just inserted a blank bar line in the repeat command. That
solved everything for me.
\version "2.10.33"
\relative c'' {<<
\new Staff \with {
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\remove "Bar_engraver"
} {
\time 513/8
\repeat unfold 513 {b8\noBeam \bar ""}
}
\new Staff \with {
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\remove "Bar_engraver"
} {
\time 631/8
\repeat unfold 631 {b8\noBeam \bar ""}
}
\new RhythmicStaff \with {
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\remove "Bar_engraver"
} {
\time 483/8
\repeat unfold 483 {b8\noBeam \bar ""}
}
\new RhythmicStaff \with {
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\remove "Bar_engraver"
} {
\time 379/8
\repeat unfold 379 {b8\noBeam \bar ""}
}
>>}
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