RE[2]: Merging Rests in Single Staff with more than one 'voice'

[Frank . Weichert]

You can try this:

\musicSourceOne = { a4 b c d | a1\rest | a4 r b r2 }
\musicSourceTwo = { f4 r f r | s1 | f4 f g r2 }

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Frank

>2011/1/22 David Raleigh Arnold <address@hidden>:
>> On Saturday 22 January 2011 12:52:54 James Lowe wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I don't often use multiple voices in a single staff, so am a bit
>>> unfamiliar and am still finding my way.
>>
>>> However I cannot easily see how I can take two 'voices' each from a
>>> single source such that when they are combined on a single staff the
>>> rests that both voices share are only printed once.
>>>
>>> For example
>>>
>>>
>>> \musicSourceOne = { a4 b c d | R1*4 | a4 r b r2 }
>>> \musicSourceTwo = { f4 r f r | R1*4 | f4 f g r2 }
>>
>> Your example is very simple, so merging is good or at least not
>> bad. In single staff polyphony which is not very simple, merging
>> rests is a very bad idea because it ruins the integrity of the
>> voices and can create arresting ambiguities. It ought not to be a
>> candidate for default behavior with the notable exception of the
>> whole measure or multimeasure rest, which cannot easily be
>> misread.
>
>Yes, i agree that merging all rests shouldn't be default behaviour
>(with the exception of multi-measure rests).
>However, having the merge-rests function added to lilypond itself (se
>we can use it when we want without needing to write it by hand) would
>be very good!
>
>cheers,
>Janek
>
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