Re: Simultaneous spacer affects note positioning

[Greg]

Phil Holmes <mail <at> philholmes.net> writes:

> 
> "Greg" <gregrs <at> fastmail.co.uk> wrote in message 
> news:loom.20150712T132223-8 <at> post.gmane.org...
> >> I'm not top posting.
> >
> > \version "2.18.2"
> >
> > \score {
> >  \new Staff \relative g' {
> >    << g1 s1^"s1" >>
> >    << g1 s1^"s1" >>
> >    << g1 s4^"s4" >> % note appears closer to barline
> >    << g1 s1^"s1" >>
> >  }
> > }
> 
> TBH, I'm a bit confused about why you're using the << >> constructs to 
> combine notes and spacers: what are you trying to achieve with this?
> 

Thanks Phil. I've written an example below which I hope is easier to
understand. I commonly need to combine a 'global' variable (containing text
for all instruments, for example) with another variable containing notes for
a particular instrument. I wouldn't necessarily expect the presence of
spacers to alter the position of notes.

Thanks,
Greg.


\version "2.18.0"

variableA = \relative g' {
  \repeat unfold 4 { g1 }
}

variableB = \relative g' {
  s1 s1 s2 s2_"rit." s1
}

\score {
  \new Staff << \variableA \variableB >>
}