Re: Explicit placement of rests in a percussion staff

[Thomas Morley]

Am Sa., 27. Feb. 2021 um 00:05 Uhr schrieb Calvin Ransom
<calvinjransom@gmail.com>:
>
> I copied the wrong snippet version, my apologies.
> **begining of snippet**
> \score{
>   \new DrumStaff
> \drummode {
>   bd4\rest
> }
> }
> **end of snippet**
>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 3:03 PM Calvin Ransom <calvinjransom@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>> I am trying to move the vertical position of a rest in some percussion music 
>> I am typesetting for my teacher.
>> I am using v. 2.22.0
>> In the manual it says 'To explicitly specify a rest’s vertical position, 
>> write a note followed by \rest."
>> When I use the following snippet it does not work and gives me an error 
>> message:
>> *start of snippet*
>> \score{
>>   \new DrumStaff
>> \drummode {
>>   bd4
>> }
>> }
>> %end of snippet%
>> with this error message:
>> 'error: syntax error, unexpected \rest'

I'd use an override for 'staff-position:
\once \override Rest.staff-position = -4
looks ok here.

Cheers,
  Harm