Hi David,
I don’t know what software you’re using to create your Lilypond files, but what
working with Python and abjad has taught me is that it’s best that softwares
that produce Lilypond files don’t use any kind of shortcuts, they should write
everything explicitly (and in absolute mode) instead. I suggest you program
your software with that in mind: it’ll save you lots of headaches down the
road. Leave shortcuts and relative mode only for manually generated files.
As for tied rest, I’ll just agree with Andrew that they don’t make sense. Your
software will have to take tied groups of notes and remove the ties when
converting notes to rests.
Cheers,
Martín.
www.martinrinconbotero.com
On 22. Feb 2021, 09:09 +0100, David Bellows <davebell...@gmail.com>, wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
>
> Right, so I'm not asking for two rests to actually be tied. I was just
> hoping that the behavior of a lone duration value would repeat the
> rest right before it and not skip back till it finds a note.
>
> For example, instead of {c4 r4 16} resulting in "C, rest, C", it would
> be "C, rest, rest" with no ties anywhere.
>
> But if that is not the expected behavior from most people then perhaps
> adding a tie to the rest could tell LilyPond to make that lone
> duration a rest instead of skipping back till it finds a note.
>
> So {c4 r4~ 16) would result in: C, rest, rest (with no ties in the
> actual sheet music). If not the tilde then perhaps some other symbol
> to signify this behavior.
>
> > Why cant you just have a rest of the appropriate
> duration? You can have dotted rests you know, and durations can be
> scaled as can note durations.
>
> My software can handle all normal durations including dotted ones. But
> a quarter tied to a 16th can only be notated with a tie. There is no
> other simple way to notate it which means I need two notes or two
> rests in my LilyPond file. I don't think scaling the duration will
> produce something that a performer would understand.
>
> I'm sure I can eventually figure out how to make LilyPond's current
> behavior work with my software, it's just that it will take a lot of
> work. If a lone duration would use a previous rest instead of going
> back to find a note, then it would be much easier for me to implement.
>
> Dave
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 11:23 PM Andrew Bernard
> <andrew.bern...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ties rests make no musical sense, even in relation to programmatically
> > generated music. Why cant you just have a rest of the appropriate
> > duration? You can have dotted rests you know, and durations can be
> > scaled as can note durations.
> >
> > a
> >
> >
> >
>
