Questions tagged [rests]
For questions about rests, an absence of notes in one or multiple voices.
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Guidelines for notating legato
I’m transcribing a piano part. I initially wrote it this way (for clarity). In reality, if you listen to the example, the piano is played legato.
Does it make sense to write it as in the first ...
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Is this acceptable in United States staff notation?
Looking for an answer to this beaming problem please?
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LilyPond - how to replace rests with spacers?
How can I automatically substitute spacers for rests in LilyPond output? I need this to generate a piano reduction from multiple voices with rests that collide but can't be merged.
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What is the convention for notating long periods of rest?
Say there is a score of 100 bars. It has many instruments. So there would be a staff for each instrument. Say an instrument is supposed to play only between bars 51 and 60 and from 81-90.
How would ...
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How should I format this rhythm?
How should I format the rests and notes in this rhythm to be easier to read and less cramped?
Edit: forgot to show the meter, added new picture
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What are rests in the realm of rhythm and melody?
Are rests "spacers" between tones i.e. a phenomenon of rhythm, or rather "mute" tones in melody terms in your understanding?
Or is it both in a way, some janus-headed thing?
Or is ...
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Could anyone give some tips/basic rules for completing measures with rests?
I'm currently studying music theory and this is a big gray area for me. Whenever I do practice problems and my answers are marked incorrect, I'm introduced to a lot of new concepts/rules. Some ...
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What does this symbol (circled in red) mean?
I've recently got this sheet music from my teacher and there was no explanation on how to play this. I can't seem to find anyone talking about it so I've asked here. If you got some idea, thanks.
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What exactly does a rest mean?
Let's consider this example (Shostakovitch, Waltz)
As we see, there are two rests in the left hand, after the sustain pedal.
Due to the sustain pedal, the left hand C note will be longer than a ...
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Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp minor rest symbols in m. 33-41 seem to be unnecessary?
The rests in these measures (see arrows) seem to be unnecessary? Whenever there is a quarter rest for this "voice", there is a quarter note in the "main" voice of LH. And whenever ...
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Linking quaver and semiquaver beams over a rest with LilyPond
I am transcribing the Sentimental Tango for four hands by Vasha Azarashvili. And I'd like to obtain this:
But my code (in Italian, but surely you get the point)
\language "italiano"
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How would I number my measures for my solo? [duplicate]
How would I number the the top line, since the first measure is basically 1/2 of a measure, would I still put 1? The measure or 2 after the 2-4 are half measure, but two half measure make one so would ...
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What is this notation that looks like a hat above the stave? [duplicate]
I'm having trouble finding what this notation means:
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What do you call it when a song constantly adds prominent rests? (like the example given)
Check out the first 25 seconds of
(Romance in the Night Sky [Touhou]). As is immediately obvious, it keeps hitting you with rests in a weird rhythm that completely ...
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Misplaced rest in triplet
LilyPond beginner here.
I am trying to set an easy shuffle beat rhythm for the drums as follows:
\version "2.24.2"
\new DrumStaff {
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\new DrumVoice {\voiceOne
\drummode{\...
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