On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:55:17PM +0100, Henry Law wrote:
> I'm writing a part in 4/4 which requires the player to remain silent for the
> first three bars. I want to compress the rests, so I want the page to start
> with a "Full measure" rest with the number 3 above it.
>
> The notation manual under the heading "Full measure rests" suggests that I
> code an R1 and then multiply it by the number of bars I want. My test file
> is therefore this:
>
> \version "2.16.2"
>
> baritone = {
> \relative c'' {
> \key a \major
> \compressFullBarRests
> \time 4/4
> R1*3
> }
> }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff \baritone
> }
>
> But from http://www.lawshouse.org/music/DoubleWholeRest.pdf you can see that
> the result is three bars' worth of rests (a double-whole rest and a whole
> rest), with the number 3 above. Surely that's double-counting, amounting to
> nine bars of 4/4!
No. That's standard but not necessarily modern notation. You will see that
in lots of classical music.
Put:
\override Score.MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = #1
in your music to avoid what are sometimes called "church rests."
HTH
Paul Scott
>
> Of course, it's me that's doing something wrong; but what?
>
> --
>
> Henry Law Manchester, England
>
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