Re: Frenching with pick-ups

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher R. Maden" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 5:04 PM
Subject: Frenching with pick-ups


> The recent discussion on hiding unused staffs led me to improve one of
> my scores, but I ran into a little weirdness.  The piece is a waltz (“Si
> Bheag, Si Mhor”) with a pick-up for every strain.
>
> For the anacrucis, if I use a partial-measure rest (\partial 4 r4), the
> staff won’t get dropped.  If I use a full-measure rest (R4), then the
> line is dropped as appropriate, but I get bar check errors, and if the
> measure is part of a line that is kept, then I get a blank measure
> instead of a rest.

[snip]

You only need \partial once.  The final rests should be lower case, since 
they're not strictly Whole Measure:

\score {
 <<
   \new Staff <<
     \time 3/4
     \set Staff.instrumentName = #"First"
     {
       \partial 4 c''4 | c'' c'' c'' | c'' c'' \bar "|."
     }
   >>
   \new Staff <<
     \time 3/4
     \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Second"
     {
       r4 | R2. | r2 \bar "|."
     }
   >>
   \new Staff <<
     \time 3/4
     \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Third"
     {
       r4 | R2. | r2 \bar "|."
     }
   >>
   \new Staff <<
     \time 3/4
     \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Fourth"
     {
       r4 | R2. | r2 \bar "|."
     }
   >>
 >>
 \layout {
   \context {
     \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
     \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
   }
 }
}



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Phil Holmes