Re: \textLengthOn in polyphony and over MultiMeasureRests

[Urs Liska]

Hi Trevor,

Am 29.07.2018 um 16:35 schrieb Trevor Bača:

Hi Urs, hi Torsten,

I've followed both parts of this thread with interest, especially since I only recently discovered the magic empty chord <> construct.

Urs, Torsten's results for the multimeasure rest example are reproducible like this:

%%% BEGIN %%%

{

    \version "2.19.82"

    \textLengthOn

    \override TextScript.self-alignment-X = #CENTER

    \override TextScript.staff-padding = 3

    c''1

    <> ^ \markup "Invisible empty chord expands measure with MultiMeasureRest."

    R1

    c''

}

%%% END %%%

Output:

The relevant use of <> appears in the docs in ...

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/writing-rests

... under the "Multi-measure rest markup" subhead at the very bottom of the page. (Clicking http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/1c/lily-56e2a6af.ly shows the LilyPond input.)

Thank you for these hints. I had arrived at a working solution with using <> and R1 in parallel voices, but this one is much nicer!
Urs