---- Original message ----
From: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
Sent: 30 Oct 2009 10:00 +01:00
To: Bertalan Fodor <address@hidden>
Cc: Erik Appeldoorn <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: centering rests
Bertalan Fodor wrote:
I think that's a bug as R2 is not centered.
??? An R2 is certainly centered within the measure if you have 2/4 time:
<<
\new Staff \relative c'{ \time 2/4 c8 d e f }
\new Staff {R2 }
>>
However, as was pointed out by Kieren, a half note rest in the beginning
of a 4/4 measure should be left aligned with the first note of the
measure, not centered in the first half of the measure, according to
common typesetting practice.
/Mats
---- Original message ----
From: Erik Appeldoorn <address@hidden>
Sent: 29 Oct 2009 18:39 +01:00
To: 'Kieren MacMillan' <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Subject: RE: centering rests
You are quite right, and I have never even bothered to check. Although I
have a quite substantial library and am over 25 years active with music.
Erik
-----Original Message-----
From: Kieren MacMillan [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: donderdag 29 oktober 2009 18:29
To: Erik Appeldoorn
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: centering rests
Hi Erik,
when I want to use r2 at the start (or R2) of the bar it looks
awfull. So how do I align these rests centered?
If you mean that you want the (e.g.) half-note rest to be mid-way
through the first half of the measure, rather than left-aligned at
the first beat, then... you don't/shouldn't.
In standard music engraving practice, the full-measure rest is the
*only* one that is centered in its [horizontal] duration-space - all
other rests are placed at the position where they first happen in the
flow of time, just like their sounding-note equivalent(s).
Hope this helps!
Kieren.=
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