Re: How can I omit time signature from the very first measure, but then add it at the second one?

2017-11-13 Thread Vinny
Thank you very much! It worked. :) -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

How can I omit time signature from the very first measure, but then add it at the second one?

2017-11-13 Thread Vinny
Trying to write a piece where the very first bar is completely devoid of any time signature indicators. Under the hood it's okay if the measure is a 4/4, I just don't want that to be visible on the PDF. The reason is, one of the musicians in the group will play an unmetered, improvised intro that

Bar numbers as performed rather than as positioned on the page

2016-08-03 Thread Vinny
Hi everybody, I have a question that may be difficult to express in general terms at first, so I'm going to start with a minimalistic example: \time 3/4 % Bar #1 \repeat volta 4 { c4 e g } % Bar #2 \PhraseTwo As it is, PhraseTwo starts at bar 2 because it follows bar 1. Fair enough. But when