David Sumbler <da...@aeolia.co.uk> writes: > On Fri, 2021-04-30 at 04:17 -0700, Aaron Hill wrote: > >> A duration without pitch is encoded as a NoteEvent with the pitch >> property. expand-repeat-notes! is the internal procedure that >> carries over the most recent pitch. So long as you insert these >> events early enough, LilyPond should do the heavy lifting for you. > > You are correct: I invented a problem where none exists. > > I confess that I had not realized that a duration without a preceding > pitch or rest takes the pitch of the preceding note. I actually > thought that, following a rest, it would produce further rests.
We've had a fairly recent discussion about this design choice sometime in the last three months or so. My rationale was that it could be used for writing rhythmic parts using only a single pitch or drum type in a manner where you only had to write that pitch or drum type once and then keep referencing it. That rationale also explains a difference in behavior with chord repeats (q) with respect to retained articulations/fingerings. > I must have seen this in action many times, otherwise I would have > lots of pitches in my music where there should be rests. But somehow > it doesn't seem to have lodged itself in my brain. > > Perhaps I'm getting too old for this! Still waiting for an actual _example_ of what you want to be able to write. -- David Kastrup
