Re: numbered rests in parts

[James Lowe]

hello,



On 1 Apr 2011, at 00:03, "Bernhard Ott" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 30.03.2011 17:36, James Lowe wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> )-----Original Message-----
>> )From: address@hidden
>> )[mailto:address@hidden On
>> )Behalf Of Bernhard Ott
>> )Sent: 30 March 2011 15:50
>> )To: LilyPond-User list
>> )Subject: numbered rests in parts
>> )
>> )Hi again,
>> )I wonder if there is an automated way to produce numbered full-measure
>> )rests like shown in the attachment?
>> )R1^\markup "1" does not come in too handy when setting parts for
>> )percussion with loads of rests.
>> 
>> There is this
>> 
>> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=473
>> 
>> James
>> 
> Thank you very much - I can't help feeling stupid that I didn't find it 
> myself!
> 


Don't worry. There are a lot of snippets to hunt through. What you may find 
when you use this method is that de ending on how you construct the voices, the 
rest glyphs may not appear in the expected place - I.e. on the wrong staff line 
- so you may need to use

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-rests#Rests

d1\rest constructions to get them in the correct place. 

James