At 01:44 on 10 Dec 2008, Pascal wrote: > This is my first post to improve my experience with this wonderful > tool.
Welcome to Lilypond! (more below) > Here is the problem : i use 'repeat percent' feature but i'd like to > change a note on 2nd and following measures. Not clear ? To avoid > losing your time here is a picture of what a get : > http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?40c8e65398.jpg (this is > with drum but could be with other instruments) > > - 1st line : basic look without trick > - 2nd line : with the trick to have what i want : i WANT the percents > but since first note of first measure is an "exception", i want to > restore the "normal"value. > > My trick is by using a "break" voice, and inserting my note here > instead of a"skip". > > This works excepted for the visual look : you can see that width of > measures isreally changed and the look is bad. > > - How can I keep / force the width of the percent measure ? > - Besides, if there is a cleaner way to insert the note instead of > using another voice, i take it :) Your approach seems right - I don't know of a way to force measure width. You can fine-tune it by adjusting the scaled duration of the single hh8. Try these in drumContentsBreak and notice the variation: s1 { hh8*8 } s1 \noBreak s1 \break s1 { hh8*4 s2 } s1 \noBreak s1 \break s1 { hh8*6 s4 } s1 \noBreak s1 \break The last one seems about right to me. HTH, Mark -- Mark Knoop _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user