LilyPond Notation Reference: 4.3.6 Explicit breaks

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4.3.6 Explicit breaks

Lily sometimes rejects explicit \break and \pageBreak commands. There are two commands to override this behavior:

\override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-permission = ##f
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f

When line-break-permission is overridden to false, Lily will insert line breaks at explicit \break commands and nowhere else. When page-break-permission is overridden to false, Lily will insert page breaks at explicit \pageBreak commands and nowhere else.

\paper {
  indent = #0
  ragged-right = ##t
  ragged-bottom = ##t
}

\score {
  \new Staff {
    \repeat unfold 2 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
    \repeat unfold 4 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
    \repeat unfold 6 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
    \repeat unfold 8 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \pageBreak
    \repeat unfold 8 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
    \repeat unfold 6 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
    \repeat unfold 4 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
    \repeat unfold 2 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 }
    }
  \layout {
    \context {
      \Score
      \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-permission = ##f
      \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f
    }
  }
}

4.3.6 Explicit breaks

See also

LilyPond — Notation Reference