Re: omit the rest at beginning of staff

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 09:18:53AM +0800, Jinsong Zhao wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> In the following snippet, is it possible not to display the r2? Any
> hints or suggestions will be really appreciated.

Write:

        \partial 2

instead of r2.

Note that you need to write this in all parts (RH and LH), and this can
only be used at the start of the piece, otherwise it may produce strange
results.


--T

[...]
> \version "2.19.18"
> 
> song = \relative c'' {
>   \clef "treble"
>   \key c \major
>   \time 4/4
>   r2 e,4 f \bar "||" \mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.segno" } g2 e' |
> }
> 
> RH = \relative c'' {
>   \clef "treble"
>   \key c \major
>   \time 4/4
>   r2 e,4 f | g2 e'
> }
> 
> LH = \relative c'' {
>   \clef "bass"
>   \key c \major
>   \time 4/4
>   r2 c,,4 d | < c e > g' g, g' |
> }
> 
> \score {
>   <<
>     \song
>     \new PianoStaff <<
>       \new Staff <<
>         \RH
>       >>
>       \new Staff <<
>         \LH
>       >>
>     >>
>   >>
> }
> 
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