Unmetered music - GNU LilyPond
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#### 6.3.6 Unmetered music

Bar lines and bar numbers are calculated automatically. For unmetered music (cadenzas, for example), this is not desirable. To turn off automatic bar lines and bar numbers, use the commands `\cadenzaOn` and `\cadenzaOff`.

>          c4 d e d
>          \cadenzaOn
>          c4 c d8 d d f4 g4.
>          \cadenzaOff
>          \bar "|"
>          d4 e d c

##### Bugs

LilyPond will only insert page breaks at a barline. Unless the unmetered music ends before the end of the staff line, you will need to insert invisible bar lines

    \bar ""

to indicate where line breaks can occur.

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