Re: help for midi instruments

[Knute Snortum]

On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 10:00 AM Dario Marrini <dario.marrini@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi people, hi Gilles,
>
> can you explain to me the meaning of
> << {c1} {s8\> s s\! s\p} >>
> ?
> I can recognize that, what's 's' ? and what's 's8' ? THen I didn't know the 
> existence of Edition Engraver, I have to learn how to implement it and use 
> it, can you post some code lines for understanding it?

The "s" is a spacer, meaning it takes up space but prints no note.
"s8" is a spacing with an eighth-note duration.  The following "s"'s
are the same duration until changed.

May I suggest that you go through the LilyPond Learning Manual if you
haven't already?

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/learning/index.html

--
Knute Snortum