Re: Two problems with Rests

[Alberto Simões]

On 01/01/13 23:17, Nathan wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Eluze <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Alberto Simões-2 wrote
> > > Second, I am having two different problems with rests.
> > >
> > > 1) rests1.gif shows some examples of:
> > >
> > >       f4 ~ f8[ r16 f]
> > >
> > > but the rest is over the beam. If you notice at the left, the other is
> > > uglier. What is the best approach to fix this?
> > >
> > >
> > > 2) rests2.gif shows a quarter (?? r8) rest that is being placed
> > > somewhere in the middle on a piano staff. Is is generated by the upper
> > > voice of the top score, with
> > >
> > >     ~ g4 \oneVoice r8 \voiceOne g8 | c2
> > >
> > > the idea was to get a centered rest in the staff.
> > > I did this before in other situations, now sure what is wrong this time.
> I was able to reproduce something similar to the first example:
>
> \new Staff {
>    | f'8[ r16 f'16] d'8[ r16 d'16] bes8[ r16 bes16] bes4
>    <<
>      { f'8[ r16 f'16] d'8[ r16 d'16] bes8[ r16 bes16] bes4 } \\
>      { bes1 }
>    >>
> }

Exactly, if I deactivate the second voice, it shows properly.
> The 16th rests in the first measure are avoiding the beams, but not in
> the second measure.
>
> It's possible to adjust the rests manually like so:
>
> \new Staff {
>    | f'8[ r16 f'16] d'8[ r16 d'16] bes8[ r16 bes16] bes4
>    <<
>      { f'8[ r16 f'16] d'8[ g'16\rest d'16] bes8[ e'16\rest bes16] bes4 } \\
>      { bes1 }
>    >>
> }

Not the most legible solution, but it works :)

Probably I can use the same tweak for my second problem. But I'll dig 
around for the cause before.

Thank you
Alberto