Thanks Mats, this will work fine. Walter H. > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:37:12 +0200 > To: Walter Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bar numbers at beginning of line > > Please always keep the discussion on the mailing list, for the benefit > of yourself since you get access to the collected > expertise on the list and for the benefit of others who experience > similar problems. Feel free to quote my answer below if you wish. > > > > Quoting Walter Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On 8/6/07 7:20 AM, "Mats Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> As a musician, I would get very confused if I saw a bar number >>> in the middle of a measure (which is what you seem to try to achieve). >>> If the conductor asked an orchestra to play from bar 100 and the bar >>> number was printed that way, I'm sure that >>> at least half the orchestra would start at the top of the line >>> (i.e. in the middle of the measure) not at the beginning of the full >>> measure. >>> >> I agree. However, in this example the end of the first section and the >> beginning of the second section (both incomplete) falls at the beginning of >> the line. If the conductor asked the orchestra to start with the pickup to >> bar 9, they would be forced to count up from the beginning of the previous >> line, or back from the next line. > > Not if you follow my recommendation below. > >> This would not be an issue if the split >> bar was placed somewhere else other that the beginning of the line. >> >>> To avoid this possible confusion, I would strongly recommend to instead >>> typeset the bar number at the first bar line of the new line. >>> >> Got it. By using "\override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = >> #end-of-line-invisible" preceding the notes of bar 9, I get a measure number >> at the beginning of bar 9. Then if I use "\override Score.BarNumber >> #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-visible", the measure numbers revert >> back to the beginning of the line. > > Easier is to use a \once \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = > #all-visible > just before the bar line where you want the bar number. > >> This is acceptable but I think that it >> would look better if there was a bar number at the beginning of each line >> regardless of whether it is a broken measure or not (in this case bar 8, >> which would make the pickup very easy). If this was an orchestral part, it >> would probably be wise to place a rehearsal mark over the beginning of the >> 9th bar. > > As I already said, I would strongly recommend against that solution, to > avoid confusion. > >>> I afraid that you may need some advanced Scheme hacking to obtain >>> this in LilyPond, but it's certainly doable (don't have the time to >>> figure out the details right now). >>> >> I was afraid of this, but thanks anyway. > > I was just confused and was looking for a very complicated solution > to the break-visibility setting described above. > Of course, if you want to make it completely automated, then you will > need something more complicated. > > /Mats > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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