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Re: misbehaving voice entry in 4 part piano score
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David Wright |
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Re: misbehaving voice entry in 4 part piano score |
Date: |
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 16:52:15 -0500 |
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On Sun 04 Apr 2021 at 14:38:14 (-0700), Tom Cloyd MS MA wrote:
>
> Returning to the piano after a 50+ year absence (yes the heart has
> grown fonder), I am engraving my first piano score - a copy of an
> existing score.
>
> The second voice ("VOICE THREE" BELOW) in the base clef is supposed
> to enter on the beat 1 of the measure 3. Instead, Lilypond prints 3
> full-measure rests instead of the intended 2, and this is entering on
> beat 3 of measure 3.
>
> I can make no sense of this. Reviewing the documentation for well over
> an hour has been fruitless. Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong?
In "R1", the uppercase R makes a whole-measure rest, and 1 is the
duration. In 3/4, a whole measure is 2. duration, so you should
replace each R1 with R2. instead.
Cheers,
David.