Multi-measure rest markup - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:34:09Z

New category

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Lemzwerg at 22:56, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:56:30Z

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Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:53:23Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	Markups attached to a multi-measure rest will be centered above or below it. Long markups attached to multi-measure rests do not cause the measure to expand. To expand a multi-measure rest to fit the markup, use an empty chord with an attached markup before the multi-measure rest. Text attached to a spacer rest in this way is left-aligned to the position where the note would be placed in the measure, but if the measure length is determined by the length of the text, the text will appear to be centered.		Markups attached to a multi-measure rest will be centered above or below it. Long markups attached to multi-measure rests do not cause the measure to expand. To expand a multi-measure rest to fit the markup, use an empty chord with an attached markup before the multi-measure rest. Text attached to a spacer rest in this way is left-aligned to the position where the note would be placed in the measure, but if the measure length is determined by the length of the text, the text will appear to be centered.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	\relative c' {		\relative c' {
	\compressMMRests {		\compressMMRests {

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:43:48Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Markups attached to a multi-measure rest will be centered above or below it. Long markups attached to multi-measure rests do not cause the measure to expand. To expand a multi-measure rest to fit the markup, use an empty chord with an attached markup before the multi-measure rest. Text attached to a spacer rest in this way is left-aligned to the position where the note would be placed in the measure, but if the measure length is determined by the length of the text, the text will appear to be centered.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
\relative c' {
\compressMMRests {
\textLengthOn
<>^\markup { [MAJOR GENERAL] }
R1*19
<>_\markup { \italic { Cue: ... it is yours } }
<>^\markup { A }
R1*30^\markup { [MABEL] }
\textLengthOff
c4^\markup { CHORUS } d f c
}
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Rhythms]]
[[Category:Text]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]