% For polyrhythmic pieces we have to remove some engravers % from score context and assign them to staff context. % This snippet makes no use of Repeat_acknowledge_engraver and Volta_engraver % But to make it easier to adapt the snippet to different needs, % these engravers are mentioned here, too. You will need them as soon as you use \repeat. upperVoice = \relative c'' { \override Staff.BarLine.allow-span-bar = ##f \time 3/4 e4 f g a g f % since Staff.BarLine.allow-span-bar is set to ##f, bar lines are not connected e f g % if we want the BarLines of the Staves to be connected, we have to turn it on again a g f\bar"|." \once \override Staff.BarLine.allow-span-bar = ##t } lowerVoice = \relative c'' { \time 4/4 c1 c1 c1\bar"|." } \score { \new StaffGroup << \new Staff << \new Voice { \upperVoice } >> \new Staff << \new Voice { \lowerVoice } >> >> \layout { \context { \Score \remove "Timing_translator" %\remove "Repeat_acknowledge_engraver" %\remove "Volta_engraver" } \context{ \Staff \consists "Timing_translator" %\consists "Repeat_acknowledge_engraver" %\consists "Volta_engraver" } } }