Re: R shorthand

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Am 20.03.2013 02:16, schrieb David Kastrup:
> Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hi Shane,
> >
> > >   What happens when we need an awkward length R like R1*12/8*14?
> > I'm not sure what you mean by "awkward length"…
> >
> > I'm suggesting that R (with no duration given) should give you a
> > one-measure multi-measure rest, regardless of what the measure
> > duration is.
> I just realized that the total musical length of music expressions is
> established _before_ iteration (and some manipulations require it to be
> known), while the varying measure length is established by properties
> set _during_ iteration.
>
> So whatever the syntax: no can do.  Surprising as that may seem.
This sound reasonable and is what I came across, when trying to deal 
with this myself ... well, I wasn't sure, if I was right ...

So I know I have to know the measure length before creating my 
full-measure rests - I created a few functions (taktSkip/Rest/Meta).
There were a lot pieces of music with frequently alternating time 
signatures. I mostly use { \taktMeta 3/4 5 } in my global part, to 
create (in this example) 5 measures of 3/4. The function combines the 
creation of the time signature and the skip event. To create rests in 
music, nowadays I prefer { R1*3/4*5 }. It is still shorter than { 
\taktRest 3/4 5 }

Cheers,
Jan-Peter

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