Merging multi-measure rests in a polyphonic part: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:10, 28 December 2025

Multi-measure rests in a polyphonic staff are placed differently depending on the voice they belong to. They can be printed on the same staff line using the setting below. If you omit the \once keyword, the change affects all rests in that follow in the given voice.

\version "2.24"

normalPos = \once \revert MultiMeasureRest.direction

<<
  { c''1 R c'' \normalPos R c'' R } \\
  { c'1 R c' \normalPos R c' R }
>>

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-When using multi-measure rests in a polyphonic staff, the rests will be placed differently depending on the voice they belong to. However they can be printed on the same staff line, using the following setting.
+Multi-measure rests in a polyphonic staff are placed differently depending on the voice they belong to. They can be printed on the same staff line using the setting below.  If you omit the <code>\once</code> keyword, the change affects all rests in that follow in the given voice.
 <lilypond version="2.24">
-normalPos = \revert MultiMeasureRest.direction
+normalPos = \once \revert MultiMeasureRest.direction
-{
+<<
-  <<
+  { c''1 R c'' \normalPos R c'' R } \\
-    {
+  { c'1 R c' \normalPos R c' R }
-      c''1
+>>
-      R1
-      c''1
-      \normalPos
-      R1
-    }
-    \\
-    {
-      c'1
-      R1
-      c'1
-      \normalPos
-      R1
-    }
-  >>
-}
 </lilypond>
+[[Category:Really simple]]
 [[Category:Rhythms]]
-[[Category:Version-specific]]
+[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
-[[Category:Really simple]]
+[[Category:Snippet]]
-[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]