RE: uncentered rests

Mr. Payne:

Thank you for the solution and, especially, the documentation reference. It helps me track down information.

Mark

From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Nick Payne
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 7:54 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: uncentered rests

On 8/11/2012 2:46 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote:

Fellow Users:

Please look at this:

\version "2.16.0"
global = {
\key a \minor
\time 4/4
}
rightOne = \relative c'' {
\global
r8 a a a b b b16 c d b | c8 b16 c a8 b c b c d | e b-1 e4~-4 e8 dis16 cis dis e fis dis |
e4. d16 c b8-1 a-2 b-1 e16-5 d |
}
rightTwo = \relative c'' {
\global
r1 | r1| r8 e, e e fis fis fis16 g a fis | g8 fis16 g e8 fis g fis g gis |
}
leftOne = \relative c' {
\global
  r1 | r1 | r1 | r1 |
}
leftTwo = \relative c' {
\global
r1 | r1 | r1 | r1 |
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff \with {
    instrumentName = "Piano"
} <<
    \new Staff = "right" << \rightOne \\ \rightTwo >>
    \new Staff = "left" { \clef bass << \leftOne \\ \leftTwo >> }
>>
\layout { }
}

Notice that the rests are at the beginning of the measure. What should I do to get them in the middle?

Use R1 not r1. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/writing-rests#full-measure-rests

From:	Mark Stephen Mrotek
Subject:	RE: uncentered rests
Date:	Wed, 7 Nov 2012 20:58:53 -0800