Re: issue 3208: MMRs for > 1 m. only count m. (issue 333340043 by address@hidden)

[benko . pal]

On 2018/01/03 20:37:33, Malte Meyn wrote:
> I think you’re right. (I found the German translation at our
university
> library.)

> For single measure rests she writes (section II.6)
> • semibrevis rest for any time signature
> • exception: brevis rest for 4/2, 8/4 and longer
> → LilyPond does this but adds
> • exception: longa rest for 4/1 and longer, maxima rest for 8/1 and
longer

> For compressed multi measure rests she writes (section III.18)
> • \override MultiMeasureRest.expand-limit = [one of 1 “modern”, 9
“classic”, or
> 2 “many editions”]
> • how 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 measure rests are written if expand-limit
= 9; she
> doesn’t mention time signature/measure length at all here
> → LilyPond does this with the following exceptions
> • default expand-limit is 10, not 9
> • the forms for 2 to 9 bars rest are only the ones shown by her for
measure
> lengths < 2/1 until this patch comes and fixes that

> In section III.18 she writes something like “put a 1 above a single
measure
> rest” and shows only an example with a semibrevis rest (without
mentioning
> measure length) but doesn’t do that in II.6 …

is there an example where a single measure rest looks different standing
alone than one in an expanded multi-measure rest of odd measures?

https://codereview.appspot.com/333340043/