On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Do something Artistic <
vegasart...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> thank you for the replies. My problem more specifically is that I am
> trying to change meteres midstream. So the piece is unmetered as
> handwritten.
> But it starts in a basic 4/4 but then only specific bars on specific
> staves change meters. If I could go unmetered and insert bar lines as
> needed
> that would be best, other wise I need to change for example the soprano
> line from 4/4 to 6/4 while the other lines stay the
> same or change to something like 7/4. The quarter notes all line up so in
> a sense it is not a polyrhythm nor does it change from simple to compound.
>
>

Perhaps something from here will help:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#polymetric-notation

James Worlton
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