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Re: Hiding ledger lines?
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Cameron Horsburgh |
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Re: Hiding ledger lines? |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:52:25 +1100 |
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Geoff Horton wrote:
> I'm working on a piece that has two lines (soprano and alto) on the
> same staff. The alto has a helf-rest where the soprano has music, and
> because of the pitches in the soprano line, the alto rest is set on a
> ledger line at middle C. I don't want it there; I want it sitting on
> the e-line, so I moved it with an #'extra-offset. The ledger line is,
> however, still plainly visible and unsightly. (The sample below is at
> 200% magnification to make it more obvious, but it's quite visible at
> actual size.)
>
> In checking the archives, I found a 2004 discussion that eventually
> reached the conclusion that ledger lines aren't erasable. Is this
> still the case? If so, is there another way to make this output look
> better?
Have a look in the manual, Section 6.1.6 'Rests.' You can specify where
the rest goes:
alto = \relative c' {
e\rest
f4 f
}
Hope this helps!
Cameron