Re: A note which is three measures long

[Graham King]

On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 16:06 +0200, Simon Albrecht wrote:
> On 31.08.2017 14:40, Bernhard Kleine wrote:
> > At the end of the Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Brevis there is a note
> > three measure long. Is there any way to do that simply?
>
> Yes, there is. However, that is actually a \maxima (with a duration of 
> 8*1) 
or even more, with "perfection" at the level of prolation, tempus, modus or (theoretically) maximodus.
<snip>
>  I always use Completion_heads_engraver and code the original 
> note values, instead of hard-coding any ties, in mensural music.
+1

You might get some help for your original question from Kieran's reply to my question on Wednesday:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2017-08/msg00398.html

HTH
-- Graham