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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: r2 or R2 in metrum 2/4
From:       D Josiah Boothby <josiah () u ! washington ! edu>
Date:       2004-11-30 23:00:10
Message-ID: Pine.A41.4.61b.0411301456080.123084 () dante73 ! u ! washington ! edu
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Albert Einstein wrote:

> Does the mark of the rest in case of pause in whole duration of bar 
> independently of metrum (2/4 6/8 4/4) look the same and is centered and under 
> fourth line?
> R1 for 4/4 ?
> R2 for 2/4?
> R2. for 3/4?

Yes, at least in 2.4.x (I don't remember if this is the way in 2.2.x). 
Similarly R1*5/8 for 5/8...

> Is it the truth that small r is used to put rests beside pitches in the bar?
> And that R is used for pause in whole durtion of the bar and looks the same 
> for any metrum?

Yes, r is for rests within the measure; R is for whole-measure or multi 
measure rests.

More can be found in section 5.15.8 in the manual (version 2.4).

Josiah



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