Re: Align whole-note chord over whole-measure rest

[David Kastrup]

Eluze <address@hidden> writes:

> Jim Long wrote
>> What is the recommended way to align a whole-note chord over a
>> whole-measure rest?  The rest gets centered in the bar, whereas
>> the chord gets placed above where beat 1 of the measure would be.
>
> would be? - it is!
>
> imo this is correct!
>
> if you still want to shift it around you can use something like
>
> \override ChordName.extra-offset=#'(25 . 0)

It might also make sense to replace the multimeasure rest with a normal
rest depending on the musical aim.

It also seems weird to have a fermata on the multimeasure/fullbar rest
while not on the whole note.

-- 
David Kastrup