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

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-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:Really simple]]
 [[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
+[[Category:Snippet]]