Re: Some random lilypond questions

[David Rogers]

On Aug 10, 2004, at 7:39 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote:

> - In concert band music, multi-measure rests always appear as a thick
> horizontal bar with vertical flares at each end-- for an example of 
> this,
> see the 17-measure rest in the "Multi measure rests" section in the
> documentation.  Is it possible to force lilypond to always use this 
> kind
> of rest, regardless of the length of the rest?


The traditional standard typesetting is to use special signs (as you 
see in the examples - double the height of the "two" sign to make four, 
print two fours to make eight) for up to eight measures, and then to 
use the thick horizontal bars for 9 or more.

But in the school concert band music I've seen, (mostly modern and 
American-printed), the signs for two through eight bars were forgotten, 
and all rests were either written out in full, a single bar at a time, 
or else had the horizontal with the number above.

As a temporary fix, is it possible to let it print the old-style signs 
but add your own number over top? The players would probably not be too 
disturbed...

David