Re: Multirest in temporary polyphonial passage

[Thomas Morley]

2014-07-16 18:40 GMT+02:00 Hartmut Leister <address@hidden>:
> Dear Lilypond users,
>
> I have a small problem, when dealing with multirests in temporary
> polyphonial passages. See my minimum non-working example [1] - in bar 2
> the synchronous rests of voice
>
> I have a source snippet perfectly merging multirest, when used in
> completely polyphonial music:
>> \override MultiMeasureRest #'staff-position = #-0
>> \override Voice.Rest #'staff-position = #0
> Sadly, this doesn't work, when I split a voice temporarily.
>
> I could, of course, add something like
>> \repeat unfold 13 { \skip 1 }
> to the secondary voice for all unisonous passages. That's a suboptimal
> solution, because those passages may change in duration over the course
> of writing the music and I don't want to adjust this every time.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Best wishes and thanks
> Hartmut
>
>
> [1] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5oljo45qgwsd1cg/AAAJBLezCTXu61h0GcSFjhoua
> --
> Hartmut Leister <address@hidden>
>
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Any reason not to use:

\layout {
  \context {
    \Voice
    \override MultiMeasureRest #'staff-position = #-0
    \override Rest #'staff-position = #0
  }
}

HTH,
  Harm