Geoff Horton wrote: > I'm working on a piece that has two lines (soprano and alto) on the > same staff. The alto has a helf-rest where the soprano has music, and > because of the pitches in the soprano line, the alto rest is set on a > ledger line at middle C. I don't want it there; I want it sitting on > the e-line, so I moved it with an #'extra-offset. The ledger line is, > however, still plainly visible and unsightly. (The sample below is at > 200% magnification to make it more obvious, but it's quite visible at > actual size.) > > In checking the archives, I found a 2004 discussion that eventually > reached the conclusion that ledger lines aren't erasable. Is this > still the case? If so, is there another way to make this output look > better?
Have a look in the manual, Section 6.1.6 'Rests.' You can specify where the rest goes: alto = \relative c' { e\rest f4 f } Hope this helps! Cameron _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user