Kieren, What happens when we need an awkward length R like R1*12/8*14?
Shane On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hello all, > > While answering Helge's post about multi-measure rests, I had a couple of > R-elated observations/thoughts: > > 1. We shouldn't be encouraging code like R4*3 in a 4/4 measure, right? So the > duration ultimately makes no sense anyway. > 2. The most elegant solution would be to use R (i.e., with no duration) to > represent a multimeasure rest, and it would "adapt" in duration to whatever > time signature was in force at that moment. > 3. Then R14 (e.g.) would represent 14 *measures*, not beats/counts — again, > simpler, more elegant, and certainly more intuitive than the current > situation. > > Would it be difficult to implement such a scheme (play-on-words intended)? > > Best regards, > Kieren. > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
