Re: How to make a grace rest?

[Mats Bengtsson]

I have already told you that this is a dead end.

The "current duration" is handled when LilyPond reads
through the input file, character by character. For example
if you have
somemusic = {c1 }
firstdefinition = { a }
someothermusic = {c2 }
seconddefinition = { g }

then \firstdefinition will always expand to a1 and \seconddefinition
will always expand to g2, no matter what happens before they
are used.

  /Mats


Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote:

> How can I code a grace note (actually that is really a grace rest) but also
> make it completly invisible and take up no space, on a one-time/as-needed
> basis?  
>
> I'd like to be able to change the "current duration" that lilypond has set
> without actually having to introduce any music to the score that would be
> seen, or get played in midi, or count against the measure beats.
>
> Is there a grace rest?  And can I temporarily set it to transparent when I
> need to?
>
> thanks
> Rick
>
>
>
>
>  


--
=============================================
        Mats Bengtsson
        Signal Processing
        Signals, Sensors and Systems
        Royal Institute of Technology
        SE-100 44  STOCKHOLM
        Sweden
        Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463                         
       Fax:   (+46) 8 790 7260
        Email: address@hidden
        WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe
=============================================