David Bellows <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi Timothy,
>
>> David Kastrup (who probably implemented the feature) comments on the
>> design decisions here
>
> Thanks for that. That is definitely not a use-case I had anticipated
> though it's nice to see that I'm not alone in wondering about the
> default behavior. And apparently my solution involving an alternate
> syntax (adding a ~ (tilde) to a rest to make LilyPond repeat the rest)
> is probably not worth the effort to implement or maintain.
You can also write things like
\new RhythmicStaff \drummode { tambourine
4 4 \tuplet 3/2 { 8 8 8 } r8 8
R1*8
4 4 r8 8 4
}
and need to write "tambourine" only once. If rests would override the
"tambourine", that would be a lot less convenient.
--
David Kastrup
