Re: mmrest-oflength not generating MMR 2.15.24

[Paul Scott]

On 01/16/2012 01:34 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> Paul Scott<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > That works but my actual cadenza is longer than 8 eighth notes.  When I add
> > another eighth note and put the \cadenza On and Off back in the MMR
> > disappears
> > again.  Even putting 9/8 for that example doesn't help.
> I have no clue what you are trying to do here.

Put a cadenza in a score and write the parts for the other instruments.
>   The whole point of a cedenza is that bars are _off_.

Yes.  Exactly.

>   What does it mean to make a
> "multi-measure rest" in an area that does not even have a measure?

Most places that I see a cadenza in printed music the other instruments 
have a one measure rest with a fermata over it.

It's my understanding from NR 1.2.6 that mmrest-of-length is to provide 
a MMR (of length 1 whole rest?) for the instruments that are resting 
during the cadenza.  (The next question will be what about the 
instruments who are sustaining a note.)

It does seem that NR 1.2.6 is misleading by showing a "cadenza" that 
fits perfectly into a normal measure.  That is not a typical cadenza in 
my experience.


> > I also get these errors:
> >
> > programming error: Multi_measure_rest::get_rods (): I am not spanned!
> > continuing, cross fingers
> > programming error: Object is not a markup.
> > continuing, cross fingers
> > This object should be a markup: ()
> > programming error: Multi_measure_rest::get_rods (): I am not spanned!
> > continuing, cross fingers
> Those are certainly worth reporting.

That may depend on where the rest of this discussion goes.  I have many 
cases in my actual code where those errors don't occur and the music is 
almost working.

Thanks,

Paul