Re: Polyphonic rests

[Mats Bengtsson]

I don't understand how you can read your .ly files if you don't include
any line breaks, like that. Here's a version of your code that works
somewhat better, at least when there is a rest also in the first voice:

\version "2.11.14"

\paper{
#(set-default-paper-size "a4")
top-margin = 0\cm
left-margin = 1\cm
right-margin = 1.5\cm
bottom-margin = 1\cm
between-system-space = 28\mm
}
\header{
title="Sonata op.15"
composer="Fernando Sor"
opus=""
}

one = \relative c' {
<d g b>4 <d g b>4 <e g cis> <e g cis> |
<d fis d'> <d fis d'> <d fis d'> r |
g r g g
}

two= \relative c {
\revert Rest #'direction

s1 | s |
%\override Rest #'staff-position = #2
\times 2/3 {r8 b' d} \times 2/3 {r8 b d}
 \times 2/3 {r8 b d} \times 2/3 {r8 b d} |
}

three= \relative c, {
d'4 d d d |
d d d r
g d g g |
}

{
\clef "G_8"
\key c \major
\time 4/4
<<
 \one
 \\
 \three
 \\
 \two
>>
}

As you can see, I moved your \three to be the second voice according to
LilyPond practice. If you want the triplets with stem down, then you can
keep your original \score block with


{
\clef "G_8"
\key c \major
\time 4/4
<<
 \one
 \\
 \two
 \\ \\
 \three
>>
}

It seems that LilyPond doesn't consider the alternative you want, namely 
to put
the rests between the upper and the lower notes. I have sent a feature 
request
to bug-lilypond. As you already know, you can use the a\rest feature to 
place
each rest where you want it. As an alternative, you can fix one and the 
same
position for all rests, using
\override Rest #'staff-position = #2
(just remove the comment in the full example above, to see what it gives).

  /Mats

Claus Rogge wrote:
> Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>   
> > As I already pointed out, you may be able to get even better help from
> > the mailing list, if you include some examples of
> > LilyPond code where you have trouble.
> >     
>
> OK I´ll cut it down ...
>
> \version "2.11.14"
>
> \paper{#(set-default-paper-size "a4") top-margin = 0\cm left-margin =
> 1\cm right-margin = 1.5\cm bottom-margin = 1\cm between-system-space =
> 28\mm}
> \header{title="Sonata op.15" composer="Fernando Sor" opus=""}
>
> one = \relative c' {<d g b>4 <d g b>4 <e g cis> <e g cis> <d fis d'> <d
> fis d'> <d fis d'> r g r g g }
>
> two= \relative c {s1 s \times 2/3 {r8 b' d} \times 2/3 {r8 b d} \times
> 2/3 {r8 b d} \times 2/3 {r8 b d} }
>
> three= \relative c, {d'4 d d d d d d r g d g g }
>
> {\clef "G_8" \key c \major
> \time 4/4<<
> \one
> \\
> \two
> \\
> \\
> \three
>   
> }
>
> f
>
>
>   

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