Re: Whole measure rest is too narrow (compared to whole measure note)

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 8 September 2011 23:10, Reinhold Kainhofer <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> In the attached example, the full-bar rests are way too narrow, compared to
> measures with multiple note, and even to measures with one full-measure note.
>
> This is not just ugly, musicians have real problems playing from these notes,
> as I experienced with some friends (professional string musicians!). The rest
> simply does not look long enough!

Yes, I got the same feedback from musicians.
That's why I reported it and I currently use as a workaround
  \override MultiMeasureRest #'minimum-length


2011/9/8 Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>:
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> This was reported by Xavier Scheuer here
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2011-07/msg01260.html
> And was added to tracker as issue 1798
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1798
> Let's star it! :)


Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>