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Re: lilypond: merging rests in polyphonic staff
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David Kastrup |
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Re: lilypond: merging rests in polyphonic staff |
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Wed, 02 Sep 2015 10:15:23 +0200 |
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Robert Schmaus <address@hidden> writes:
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>> I do not understand R1*4?
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> R is a full bar rest of the specified duration. Thus, R1 is a full bar
> rest that only makes sense in a 4/4 context. Duration-wise it spans
> the same time as r1, but is placed in the middle of the bar instead on
> the starting beat (or moment). Likewise R2 is a full bar rest in a 2/4
> context, placed in the middle &c.
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> Another difference: R1 * 4 specifies 4 consecutive 4/4 full bar rests,
No, it doesn't. It specifies a total time span of 1*4 that is to be
filled with full bar rests. If there are any measure length changes in
parallel music, this difference becomes relevant:
\relative
<<
{ R1*3 c'1 }
{ \time 3/4 c4 d e d e f \time 3/2 e2 f g \time 4/4 c1 }
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> whereas r1 * 4 specifies a single rest whose duration is quadrupled.
Which tends to look strange.
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David Kastrup