Re: LM 2.1.3 - bare durations

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno gio 25 dic 2014 alle 11:37, Trevor Daniels 
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> Federico Bruni wrote Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:10 AM
>
>
> >  LM 2.1.3
> >  I don't understand well the second sentence in this paragraph (in
> >  master only at the moment):
> >
> >  "This shorthand may be useful in other places where the rhythm 
> > changes
> >  with an unchanging pitch, but remember a bare duration will attach 
> > to
> >  the preceding pitch, making a single note, if only white space
> >  separates them."
> >
> >  I can put more than white spaces between  the pitch and the bare
> >  duration:
> >
> >  \version "2.19.15"
> >  \relative c' {
> >   c8 4. 2 |
> >   c8-3 \mark \default 4. 2
> >  }
>
> Hi Federico
>
> If you had c4 a4 a8 a8 you could not write c4 a  8  8, as this would
> be interpreted as c4 a8 a8.  You'd have to write c4 a4 8 8.

Ok, now I understand. I didn't get the meaning of 'making a single 
note'.
I think that adding this example would be very useful, because 
otherwise the sentence is a bit tricky to interpret.

> That was the situation I was trying to describe.  If you can improve
> on the (English) words to make it clearer, please do.

No, I think an example would be enough.

> Merry Christmas!
> Trevor

Merry Christmas to all of you!