Re: Isolated durations on rests

[David Wright]

On Fri 27 Mar 2020 at 20:51:16 (+0100), Noeck wrote:
> is this behaviour intentional?
> 
>   \version "2.20.0"
>   { r4 8 a b }
> 
> The "8" is equivalent to c'8. I think I understand what happens: the
> isolated duration is given a default pitch c'.
> What I would expect is that it is another rest, equivalent to
> 
>   { r4 r8 a b }
> 
> Was this just easier to implement that way for isolated durations or is
> there another reasoning behind that behaviour?

Well, a repeated note might have to be specified as deses'' or some such,
whereas a rest is likely to be just r. So this scheme saves some typing,
particularly for those who use absolute all the time.

(Personally I don't use lone durations.)

Cheers,
David.