Re: Issue 1067 in lilypond: Postfix syntax for repeats

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
>> For a real surprise, try
>> \score { << R1*20 d' >> }
>> as opposed to r1*20.  It's not exactly related, but strange.
>
> Why does this surprise you? If you think of R1*20 as a repetition --
> as you claim to -- then this should be exactly according to your
> expectations: the whole-note MMR is repeated 20 times, and the
> following note (d) "inherits" the duration (whole note) from the
> previous object (the MMR).

The surprise is that the rests appear in a system _below_ the whole
note.  With r1*20, they appear above.

-- 
David Kastrup