Re: Failure to Recognise Partial Measures

[Mats Bengtsson]

Will Oram wrote:
> That is not the problem. The problem is specifically when trying to 
> end a part or piece with multimeasure rests. That is, in a 4/4 work, 
> R1*3/4 or \partial 4*3 R1*3/4 does not work. Nor do barlines. And 
> because of that, orchestral scores with many parts ending on a rest 
> generate a lot of needless errors.
Then, the question is rather what is the correct typesetting practice.
Some years ago, I proposed to rename the R1 construct from 
"multi-measure rest"
to "full measure rest", which I think would prevent some common beginners
questions. Since the final measure in your example will not be a full 
measure,
it seems a bit strange to use a full measure rest symbol and not "r2 
r4". However,
I'm not sure what the common typesetting practice is. Do you have 
reference to
any typesetting rule or examples of typeset music that use full measure 
rests for
incomplete final measures?

  /Mats