Whole measure rests in Compound duple meter

[Cynthia Karl]

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> Can't figure out why sometimes these don't go through
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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 15:46:14 -0800
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> Trying to figure out the notation for whole measure rests in 6/8 time. My 
> work around right now is r2. which seems to fill up the measure but I find 
> this aesthetically unpleasant. Is there another way.

I think the following is succinct and correct:

        * the notation for a whole measure rest in a time signature of m/n, 
e.g., 6/8 or 5/4 or even 4/4,is:  R1*m/n
           (the fraction m/n can be reduced to lowest terms, and if the result 
is 1, it can be eliminated.)

        * for a sequence of k whole measure rests in a row, the notation is:  
R1*m/n*k

Examples:       *  a whole measure rest in \time 6/8 is R1*6/8, or, 
equivalently, R1*3/4
                        *  a sequence of 3 whole rests in \time 6/8 is R1*6/8*3