Hi Nick, > I'm not sure this would work, actually. If I understand correctly, R > currently behaves like any other LilyPond music event when it comes to > duration, i.e. unless otherwise specified, it takes the value of the > preceding note/rest. So if you had something like > > \time 2/4 > R2 | > R | > \time 4/4 > R*2 | > > there would be some ambiguity as to what "R*2" should print out, yes? The "R" > prints out a single full-measure rest in 2/4; why would "R*2" in this case > print out two measures of full-measure rest in 4/4 (quadrupling the length of > the previous "R") instead of one measure (doubling the length of the previous > "R")?
Interesting point… I've never used R by itself (though I often use r, q, etc. by themselves), so I hadn't thought about this eventuality. What about this being the right moment to use the [unused] @ symbol, i.e., R@2 would mean 2 measures "at the current measure-duration"? Thanks, Kieren. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user