Re: Articulation marks and bar rests

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:35:20 Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> > Hi, people!
> > 
> > It is the first time I write to this list, but I've been reading for
> > several months. I have some things to ask so I'll start now - but
> I'll
> > continue when I've more time...
> > 
> > 1. Is it possible to insert a "bar rest" without writing the whole
> bar's
> > length? That is: in 4/4 time I write "R1", in 2/4 "R2", but in 5/8 I
> > have to write "R2 R8". I'd like something like a plain "R".
> 
> Use R1*5/8 or 

It would be nice if lilypond had some readymades like that, so
you could

R = \readymade "R1*5/8"

but now you could define \mrest and substitute it for
``R '', with a space, using sly's filter.  Leaving the
filter alone, you could then redefine as necessary within
your music.

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