Re: Shifting Rests

[Mats Bengtsson]

Why not use the \rest feature, see
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.0/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Rests.html#Rests

  /Mats

Will Oram wrote:
> My understanding is this should shift any rest down X spaces down:
>
> restDown = \property Staff.Rest \set #'staff-position = #-X
>
> [...]
>
> << { fsharp16[ fsharp' d fsharp,] fsharp[ fsharp'  d g,] } \\
> { \restDown fsharp8_.[ r16 fsharp_.] fsharp8_.[ r16 g_.] } >>
>
> In this example, it works up to a point. At about X = -10, the sixteenth 
> rest stops shifting down. This max shift puts the rest about where it 
> would be if \restDown were not included.
>
> What can I do to nudge it a little further down?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Will Oram
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