Re: Full bar rest representation

[Hans de Rijck]

Hello Paul,

Thanks for your answer. This is what I was looking for. I understood from
the manual that capitalization was only used for multi-measure rests, but
apparently I was wrong.

thanks,

Hans de Rijck.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Scott" <address@hidden>
To: "Hans de Rijck" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Full bar rest representation


> 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
>