On Tue 26 Sep 2023 at 18:52:52 (-0400), Kevin Cole wrote: > Once again, I'm flummoxed by some syntax problem... I was hoping for 40 > measures of silence, as I plan to mix it with other parts, and want to be > able to mute parts interactively. However the following doesn't give me 40 > measures of silence, but starts right in on PartTwo. What have I missed > THIS time? > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > \version "2.24.2" > > PartTwo = \relative a { ... } > > \score { > \unfoldRepeats { > \new Voice = "PartTwo" { > R1*32 R1*8 > \repeat unfold 4 { > \transpose c c' { \PartTwo } > } > } > } > > \midi { } > } > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Is it possible your player is set to skip leading/trailing silence, which is quite usual. Cheers, David.