Re: moving rest vertically

[Stan Sanderson]

On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Orm Finnendahl wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  trying to input my first complete piece with lilypond (Bach's Prelude
> #20 from the WTC I), I stumbled across a rather trivial problem: A
> 32nd rest in a polyphonic 2nd voice collides with a note in the first
> voice. Can someone give me a hint how to move that rest down by 1 or 2
> staff lines? I couldn't find it in the documentation.
>
> It is sufficient to tell me the "\once \override ..." expression for
> the vertical displacement of a rest.
>
> Maybe it would be a good idea to include it in the documetation (if
> not already present).
>
> --
See Sect 6.1.6 of the latest manual:

> A rest’s vertical position may be explicitly specified by entering  
> a note with the \rest
> keyword appended, the rest will be placed at the note’s place. This  
> makes manual formatting
> in polyphonic music easier. Automatic rest collision formatting  
> will leave these rests alone
> a’4\rest d’4\rest

I have found this very useful in tweaking rest positions.

Stan