Re: Full bar rest representation

[Mats Bengtsson]

May I propose that "multi measure rests" is replaced by
"full bar rests" or "full measure rests" in the manual
to avoid this common misconception.

   /Mats

Hans de Rijck wrote:
> Hello Paul,
>
> Thanks for your answer. This is what I was looking for. I understood from
> the manual that capitalization was only used for multi-measure rests, but
> apparently I was wrong.
>
> thanks,
>
> Hans de Rijck.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Scott" <address@hidden>
> To: "Hans de Rijck" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Full bar rest representation
>
>
>
> > Hans de Rijck wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me how to represent a full bar rest when using 'odd' time
> > > signatures?
> > > e.g. in a 4/4 time a full rest is represented by r1 ,
> > > in 2/4 time a full rest is r2 and in 3/4 it is r2.
> > > But, what is a full rest in times like 5/4 7/4 12/4 7/8 etc.
> >
> > Full bar rests should normally be capitalized - they are centered that
> > way.  There are many numerical possibilities but I do:
> >
> > R4*5 R4*7 R4*12 R8*7
> >
> > and I do R4*3 instead of R2.  Except for the reversal of the numbers
> > these are closer to what they represent.
> >
> > Paul Scott
>
>
>
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