I can lecture about recitative time signatures, but I can't remember to change e-mail subject lines. *sigh* Fixed.
--- I am not picky about standards. I will do whatever is functional and errorless. As it stands, there is no option that satisfies both. The options: a) \partial 4*3 r2 r4. Typographically correct (?), but -- and this is a big but! -- lilypond treats this as non-multimeasure-rest content, and makes the staff containing the partial visible when there's nothing useful present. To give you an idea, I have a score with 20+ instruments; the last system (containing the partial) only has four instruments playing. Using 'r2 r4' will cause every single instrument to appear. This is bad. b) \partial 4*3 R1*3/4 or just R1*3/4 or R2. . Keeps instruments with nothing to play invisible. Also produces one error message per instrument. This is bad. The example I show is not that contrived. I can point to works from Haydn, Handel and Mozart that begin on 4/4 and end on a partial 3/4 -- this is because they start the next movement on a 1/4. This is particularly common in recitative. Will ----- Original Message ----- > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:34:20 -0500 > From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Failure to Recognise Partial Measures > To: bug-lilypond@gnu.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Mats Bengtsson wrote: > [...] > > Since the final measure in your example will not be a full > > measure, > > it seems a bit strange to use a full measure rest symbol and not > "r2 > > r4". > [...] > > I agree with you. As far as I know -- and I could be wrong -- > accepted > practice is to use a whole rest *only* for a measure of full value > in > the current meter. A partial measure would be represented by other > rest > symbols, so this should have been r2 r4. > > Then again, Will's example is slightly contrived in that you > normally > wouldn't have a partial measure at the end of a piece unless you > have > one at the beginning as well. In this case, maybe the final > measure > should have been written in 3/4 time or filled out with an > additional > quarter rest. > > Best, > Marnen _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
