Re: spacer rest *

[Simon Albrecht]

On 27.04.2018 10:53, Gianmaria Lari wrote:
> To fix it I found two different ways.
> First one:
>
>     \version "2.19.81"
>     \score {
>     \new Voice <<
>       {f4 g a b}
>       {s4\< s4 s4 s4\!}
Other possibilities:
{ s4*3\< s4\! }
{ s2.\< s4\! }
{ s4\< s s s\! }

By the way: It is customary to always surround { and } with whitespace, 
even if it’s not technically necessary, and I like that convention 
because it’s much better to read that way.


>     >>
>     \layout {}
>     }
>
>
>
> ... and second one (but I'm not sure it is "correct" even if it 
> compiles and works...)
>
>     \version "2.19.81"
>     \score {
>       \new Voice <<
>         {f4 g a b}
>         \new Dynamics {s4\< 4 4 4\!}
>       >>
>       \layout {}
>     }

If you’re doing that, you can go all the way and write
\new Dynamics { 4\< 4 4 4\! }
Then all the ‘4’s are converted into note events, which are ignored in a 
Dynamics context.

> And.... why spacer rests and rests don't "propagate" like note?

Because isolated durations are automatically interpreted as note events, 
whose pitch is taken from the last encountered pitch. (Notes, rests and 
spacer rests generate different kinds of event.)
Even if David K. says that could be changed, I find the current 
behaviour pretty clear and sensible from my experience.

Best, Simon