On 05/03/2013 03:11 PM, Wim van Dommelen wrote: > I remember and use it this way: > > R <length> <times> <so many> > > so: R1*3 is three times the length of one whole note. Always calculate > the total length you need and that it gets there.
FWIW, the general form of what I do is R1*<time signature>*<number of measures> So instead of typing "R2.*3" for a three-measure rest in 3/4 time, I would spell that as "R1*3/4*3". Instead of a full measure of rest in 12/8 being written as "R1.", I would write it as "R1*12/8". I'll leave out the *<time signature> part for 4/4 time, but everything else gets written out even if there is a more succinct way of expressing it. I'll usually leave out the *<number of measures> bit if there's only one. But the point is I always start with "R1" and then scale as necessary. BTW, I make no claim that this is particularly good practice or that you'll like it; I'm not an experienced Lilypond user by any means. (I got into this habit as I'm very very slowly working on typesetting the parts to Mars, which of course is in 5/4 time. I'm not sure if there even is another way to mark a full-measure of rest in 5/4 time without using a scaling.) I just bring it up to show my own view and also to point out that you can use * to scale the length of a measure in addition to specifying multiple measures. (Really they're both doing the same thing, but I think of them as being for different reasons.) Evan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
