Re: 6/4 rests

[Aaron]

Hi,
My point was that given Lilypond chooses note duration over measure but 
especially with multi measure rest (which was what started making me 
crazing) there is a bit of logic to going after the measure instead of 
the note. I have a set of multimeasure rest which have time changes 
inside of them. I can easily copy and paste R1 or some other code for 
measure, and only add the time changes where appropriate.
I am not making lilypond, but just my thought.

> > But what I feel should be happening is that there should be a way of
> > notation a whole bar rest no matter what the time signiture.
> >
> > R1 should mean that but it is based on 4/4
> > doesn't lily know what the time sig. is??
> > Lily checks my measures to make sure they have the right amount of beats.
> > Aaron
> >    
>
> In lilypond, "1" is always the duration of a whole NOTE, not a whole
> measure.  Lilypond makes the durations take priority over the measure
> marks, which is why | only gives a warning if it's in the wrong place.
>
> And as Arvid pointed out, R1. is probably better than R4*6.
>  
In my book the documentation on rests just isn't clear. I will look at 
the docs again, cause maybe I am wrong.

Aaron

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