Re: Full bar rest representation

[Paul Scott]

Hans de Rijck wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me how to represent a full bar rest when using 'odd' time
> signatures?
> e.g. in a 4/4 time a full rest is represented by r1 ,
> in 2/4 time a full rest is r2 and in 3/4 it is r2.
> But, what is a full rest in times like 5/4 7/4 12/4 7/8 etc.
>  
Full bar rests should normally be capitalized - they are centered that 
way.  There are many numerical possibilities but I do:

R4*5 R4*7 R4*12 R8*7

and I do R4*3 instead of R2.  Except for the reversal of the numbers 
these are closer to what they represent.

Paul Scott