Re: Tacet

[David Kastrup]

craigbakalian <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I did a google search on "lilypond tacet" but came up with very little.
> How do you tacet a part?  Specifically, in a first movement the part
> plays, the second movement is tacet, and the third movement the part
> plays.  It has been a while since my days of playing, but isn't the
> standard a multi measure rest bar with the word "Tacet" above it?

If that's the case, what is wrong with

R1*58^\markup{Tacet}

Personally, I think that just the multi-bar rest will do fine, unless
your musicians need a Latin command to keep them from doing smalltalk.

-- 
David Kastrup