Re: Explicit placement of rests in a percussion staff

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi Aaron,

> \tweak form is a little shorter, although you could bake this into a 
> function if you needed to use this a lot:
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.22.0"
>
> "\\@" =
> #(define-music-function
>   (staff-position music)
>   (integer? ly:music?)
>   #{ \tweak staff-position #staff-position #music #})
>
> \new DrumStaff \drummode { bd4 sn \@4 r4 r8 \@-4 r }
> %%%%
>
> Not sure if \@ is a good name for this, but it is conveniently short 
> like \=.

I think the naming is a stroke of genius :-). But perhaps surprisingly, 
David Kastrup's \etc shorthand is even robust enough to allow for:

\version "2.22.0"

"\\@" = \tweak staff-position \etc

\new DrumStaff \drummode { bd4 sn \@2 r4 r8 \@-4 r }

Lukas