Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

[Urs Liska]

Am 10. Februar 2015 11:53:54 MEZ, schrieb Robin Bannister <address@hidden>:
>Michael Rivers wrote:
>> I just engraved a piece for which the standard solutions given in
>this thread
>> worked especially badly. There were many 8th notes alternating with
>8th
>> rests (which should be merged by Lilypond, but can't be
>automatically), so
>> switching back and forth between a polyphonic structure and \oneVoice
>was
>> not workable.
>
>Tedious to enter and tedious to read, but it should work.
>
>
>A standard manual solution, not yet mentioned in this thread
>  - defines a sequential music variable for just the shared 'r'
>  - includes this as \oneVoice in parallel with the other voices
>  - all these other voices have 's' where the shared rests are
>
>Features:
>  - this variable can be thought of as associated with the staff
>  - it can be left untransposed while the other voices are transposed
>  - that way, the positioning produced by using '\rest' is stable
>  - none of the other voices has a special role regarding shared rests
>
>You may find this somewhat tedious to enter, but it is a lot easier to 
>read.
>
>

Cool solution, but still a shame that it is necessary ...

>
>Cheers,
>Robin
>
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