Re: Rests with multiple parts and text above parts

[Mats Bengtsson]

Rebecca Gilbert wrote:
> I have a transcription that I'm working on in 4 vocal parts and in 
> more than one place, I have multiple parts on a rest.  If both voices 
> on a staff are on a rest, how do I display one rest centered rather 
> than two rests above each other.
>
> The first instance of the rests that I want to fix is in bar 4.  I 
> want the bass clef to share one rest.  I tried putting s4 in one part, 
> but the other rest was still off set.
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-06/msg00020.html
> The other question I have is about additional words above the text.  
> In bar 48-49, I have some echo words and the spacing is funny.  How do 
> I define the spacing that I want so the word is all on the same level?
Just typeset them as a separate lyrics line. See 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-02/msg00196.html
for an example.


  /Mats