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
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.
This page is for LilyPond-2.6.3 (stable-branch).