Peter, A rest can be positioned by using a pitch name, duration, \rest, e.g., c8\rest puts an eighth rest where "c" would be (depending on the clef). The attached example might be clearer.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Peter Danemo Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 7:44 AM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests Hello! I'm a pretty unexperienced Lilypond user. I'm working on the layout of a small piece. It's basically a hymn written using a piano staff. If both voices have a rest on the first beat and start on the second beat I get two quarter note rests. I need it to be just one. I learned how to make a rest invisible, but that doesn't change the position for the remaining rest. Is there a easy way of doing this? Furthermore, the piece ends with just 3 bars on the last line. But i fills upp the whole page anyway. Is there a way of getting the 3 bars to take up the same as the bars above? Making a 4th invisible bar!? Best wishes! /Peter _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
\version "2.18.0" \paper { print-all-headers = ##t } \score { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff = "upper" \relative c'' { \clef treble \key cis \minor \time 4/4 << \new Voice \relative c' { \voiceOne b'4\rest cis cis cis | } \new Voice \relative c' { \voiceTwo s4 e e e | } >> } \new Staff = "lower" \relative c { \clef bass \key cis \minor \time 4/4 << \new Voice \relative c { \voiceOne dis4\rest gis gis gis | } \new Voice \relative c { \voiceTwo s4 cis, cis cis | } >> } >> \layout { indent = 0 } \header { title = "title goes here" } }
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