[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, > > Iīm typing an orchestral voice (with a big cello solo, see below:), > where a measure is repeated > several times. > > Is there a facility to shorten these measures like it is possible with > rests e.g. R1*4, by > using a "Faulenzer"-character (sorry, donīt know that in english) like > % : > > _ _ _ 7 > | | | | | | | > | * * * * | % | ... > | | | > No. Not yet. I put it into the TODO, but if you want to code this yourself, go ahead. I'd try to make a variant of the multi measure rest. See multi-measure-rest.cc and multi-measure-rest-engraver.cc. Han-Wen Nienhuys, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** GNU LilyPond - The Music Typesetter http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/hanwen/lilypond/index.html