Re: Typesetting "as near to Petrucci style as possible".

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Shann" <address@hidden>
To: "Malte Meyn" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Typesetting "as near to Petrucci style as possible".


> On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 09:54 +0100, Richard Shann wrote:
> > On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 10:03 +0200, Malte Meyn wrote:
> > >
> > > Am 07.10.2016 um 09:35 schrieb Richard Shann:
> > > > the R1*6/4 typesets as a classical whole bar
> > > > rest
> > >
> > > You would need a separate override for MultiMeasureRest:
> > >
> > >       \override MultiMeasureRest.style = #'neomensural
> >
> > Thanks, that works a treat. I found
>
> I think I've been seeing things - the MultiMeasureRest.style override
> doesn't seem to do anything after all. The output of this
>
> \version "2.19.43"
>
>
> {
>        \clef mensural-g
>        \set Staff.clefPosition = #-4
>        \set Staff.middleCPosition = #-8
>        \set Staff.middleCClefPosition = #-8
>        \override Flag.style = #'mensural
>        \override NoteHead.style = #'petrucci
>        \override Rest.style = #'neomensural
>        \override MultiMeasureRest.style = #'neomensural
>        \key g \major    \time 6/4
>        R1*6/4 c''2. \once\override Dots.dot-count = #0 r2.
> }
>
> seems identical with or without MultiMeasureRest.style = #'neomensural
> and indeed with  MultiMeasureRest.style = ##f too.
>
>
> Richard


Have you considered using r1 instead of R1?  I don't know the era of the 
music you're aiming for, but certainly up to 1600 there was no concept of a 
multimeasure rest, since there was no measure.

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Phil Holmes