Re: Rhythm

[Andrew Hawryluk]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Christian Henning<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi there, I cannot figure out how to encode a 16th note rhythm. When
> counting by mouth I would say: "1and 2and 3and 4and" when all notes
> are taking part. In lilypond I would write: "g16 g g g g16 g g g g16 g
> g g g16 g g g". But how do I: "1ad 2ad 3ad 4ad"? Please notice I leave
> out the "n".
>
> Thanks,
> Christian

Do you mean "g16 g8 g16", repeated four times?
Or maybe "g16 g r g" to get a rest instead of an eight note.

You may find this helpful, if you haven't seen it already:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Simple-notation#Simple-notation

Good luck,
Andrew