Re: Hold a note the length of a cadenza

2023-12-27 Thread Timothy Lanfear
On 26/12/2023 20:21, John Burt wrote: Dear list, While one part is singing a cadenza another part is holding a long note. I know how to make a rest or a skip the length of a cadenza bu not how to make a held note the length of the cadenza. thanks John Burt Something like this should do it.

RE: Hold a note the length of a cadenza

2023-12-26 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
John, Look at https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/special-rhythmic-concerns#aligning-to-cadenzas Mark From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org On Behalf Of John Burt Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 12:21 PM To: lilypond-user Subject: Hold a note

Re: Hold a note the length of a cadenza

2023-12-26 Thread Paul Hodges
The way I'd do it is to force the length of the held note to match that of the sung cadenza by multiplication.  For instance if there is a semibreve c being held while the cadenza part adds up to 7 crotchets, I'd write it as c1*7/4.   But you could just write it normally and pad it out with