full-measure rest in irregular measures
Deleting the contents of an irregular measure does not create a full-measure rest as expected. The full-measure rest seems desirable if, for example, a pianist is playing with other instruments and can follow their parts in the score.
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You can convert an empty measure to a full measure rest with Shift+Ctrl+Delete.
In reply to You can convert an empty by Marc Sabatella
Thanks! I couldn't find that in your book via "rest" in the index (or "full measure rest", which isn't in the index.
In reply to Thanks! I couldn't find that by jwpratt
Indeed, it wasn't mentioned in the original printing. I have since updated it, not sure if that's already reflected on Amazon or not.
Seems it's already being implemented. [Del] clears the whole measure and inserts a rest.
[Pre-release for 2.1.0 build a23ef38 (ubuntu)]
In reply to Seems it's already being by underquark
Yes, but not a *measure* rest, if the measure has actual duration != nominal. In most cases it is better to show the actual duration, or the player won't know how long that rest actually is. But there are special cases like cadenzas where it does seem appropriate, and hence the explicit command to convert normal duration rests into measure rests.
In reply to Yes, but not a *measure* by Marc Sabatella
Ah, I thought we were talking about irregular time signatures here. I tend to associate the term "irregular measure" with a pick-up/anacrusis. In that case, I can't see why having a whole-measure rest would be appropriate as it isn’t a whole measure. As for a measure that is longer than the main time signature then that would just be confusing not having it's duration indicated. The exception, of course, would be where there is a cadenza and you might want a whole-measure rest on all but the solo parts so, yes, the explicit command is appropriate (if a little dangerous should you forget to hold the [Shift] key down).