\version "2.11.42"
-\layout { ragged-right = ##t }
\header {
- doctitle = "Positioning multi-measure rests"
lsrtags = "rhythms,tweaks-and-overrides"
texidoc = "
Unlike ordinary rests, there is no predefined command
in polyphonic music multi-measure rests in odd-numbered and
even-numbered voices are vertically separated. The positioning
of multi-measure rests can be controlled as follows:
- "}
+ "
+ doctitle = "Positioning multi-measure rests"
+}
\relative c'' {
% Multi-measure rests by default are set under the second line
<< { R1 } \\ { a1 } >>
% Multi-measure rests in even-numbered voices are under the bottom line
<< { c1 } \\ { R1 } >>
- % They remain separated even in empty bars
+ % They remain separated even in empty measures
<< { R1 } \\ { R1 } >>
% This brings them together even though there are two voices
\compressFullBarRests