Multi measure rests

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> Lilypond 1.7.9 Mandrake 9.0 rpm
> 
> I have successfully used
> 
> \property Score.skipBars = ##t
> 
> and inserted R1*2 into a clarinet part and it works fine. However, when I 
> create the score two extra empty bars are inserted in the clarinet part 
> resulting in the part being two bars longer than it should be. Is there 
> something I have missed that I need to do when building the score?

I'm not sure. Is R1*2 followed by a whole note? In that case, you must
explicitly specify the duration of the note.

> Also, it just so happens that I need to use \markup at this point. The 
> \markup 
> works fine when attached to r but not R. Is this correct?

This is fixed in the latest 1.7 releases.


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