I asked this question in May: On Thu, 7 May 2026, Gabriel Ellsworth wrote: > What are best practices for indicating which rests in a LilyPond score > are editorial? >
For the full message: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2026-05/threads.html#00080 I think I have just figured out a possible “best” answer to my own question: *a comma over rests that represent editorial early releases*. I think that the following is a better solution than any of the four approaches that I had proposed in my previous message. I welcome thoughts if you have any! Gabriel [image: image.png] %%% SNIPPET BEGINS \version "2.27.1" \markup \override #'(line-width . 53) \wordwrap { In this score, if the rest is an editorial early release, a comma is printed over the rest glyph: } \fixed c' { * % If the original source had a whole note % (the quarter rest is an editorial % early release):* d2. r4-\tweak TextScript.self-alignment-X #CENTER % (the default is #LEFT or #-1) -\tweak TextScript.parent-alignment-X #CENTER % (the default is #LEFT or #-1) * ^\markup { \musicglyph "comma" }* | * % If the original source has the rest, % then do *not* print a comma:* b2. r4 | } %%% SNIPPET ENDS
