Re: Multi-measure rests and mark collisions

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> It strikes me as conceptually problematic to try to put a fermata on a 
> multi-measure rest.
> Who does this, and what does it mean, musically?
> In this example, you are actually placing a fermata on a single bar of rest.
> In which case, this works fine:
> { \compressFullBarRests f1->\fermata R1*3 r1\fermata }

Except r1\fermata and R1\fermataMarkup look and behave differently.
And the difference gets even more obvious when you have a measure not in 4/4.
=)

Hope that helps!
Kieren.
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