On Thursday, 3 August 2000, Peter Schaffter writes:
> I'm new to Lilypond, and to this list. Lily is a wonderful
> music typesetter. In just a few short weeks, I've fallen in
> love. Congratulations to the developers.
Thanks!
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Is there an engraver for pedaling marks in piano scores?
> Binding the word "Ped" in italic under a bass note works
> fine, but a normal asterisk for "pedal off" is much too
> small, and not correctly aligned on the base line.
Yes, this was added about 1.3.50, see input/test/pedal.ly
> 2. How do I enter whole bar rests? The convention for rests
> that last an entire bar is to use a whole-note rest,
> regardless of the time signature. So far, I haven't found a
> way to do this. How do I get, say, three bars of 6/8 with
> whole bar rests to come out as three bars with whole-note
> rests, rather than three bars of dotted-half rests?
You enter whole bar rest using a capital R, however, you'll have
to specify the actual duration of the bar, sorry.
Greetings,
Jan.
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
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