Re: page breaks within measures

[Mats Bengtsson]

See the section on Line breaking for information on how to include
line breaks in the middle of a measure. The same principle applies to
page breaks.

  /Mats

Adam James Wilson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a first time poster - I've been trying to use Lilypond for 
> proportionally notating multi-tempo music.
>
> I'm writing a score that has two or more voices in different tempi 
> simultaneously.
>
> To solve this, I make a huge measure.  For example, the first staff 
> will contain a minute of quarter notes at q=90 BPM.  The second staff 
> will contain a minute of quarter notes at q=167 BPM.  The second staff 
> has the same time as the first, but I compress the music in a 90:167 
> ratio so that it all lines up correctly in time.
>
> The problem comes with layout.  Currently, I make a huge page, and 
> then split it into parts using acrobat pro.
>
> It seems however that there is a maximum page width of about 200 
> inches.  So the amount of time I have to play with is limited by the 
> page size.
>
> Alternatively, it would be nice to slice the staff system through the 
> middle of the measures, but I have been unable to force a page break 
> because the staves have independent, non-aligned bars.
>
> Does anyone know how to a) infinitely increase the paper width or b) 
> force a page break in a system containing staves with independent, 
> non-aligned bars?
>
> Best regards,
> Adam Wilson
>
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