Re: Cleanly showing every measure number

[Rick Kimpel]

Sam,
This doesn't really answer your question, but it might provide a different 
perspective. In handbell music, it is standard to number each measure centered 
over the barlines. Normally the number should be above ties, slurs and notes, 
as shown in your MWE. I think it helps readability.

I use:
  \override Score.BarNumber.break-visibility = ##(#f #t #t)
  \override Score.BarNumber.self-alignment-X = #CENTER

Regards,
Rick


From: Sam Bivens 
Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 1:37 PM
To: lilypond-user 
Subject: Cleanly showing every measure number

Hi everyone,
For pedagogical reasons, I want to include every measure number in my scores. 
I've been using the LSR's consistently left-aligned numbers available at 
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=840
But this causes problems with slurs, ledger lines, etc., which push the measure 
numbers up high above the given measure (see the attached MWE).
Thus I have two related questions:

  *   How might I adjust \consistentlyLeftAlignedMeasureNumbers to keep them 
consistently near the staff, no matter what the music is?
  *   Alternatively, if there are others that require every number to be 
measured, how have you solved this problem? I'm unfortunately not too keen on 
the solution shown in the recent "bar numbers at top of score" thread.

Thanks,
Sam

--
Sam Bivens, Ph.D.
Music Theory Faculty
Cleveland Institute of Music
11021 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
sam.biv...@cim.edu

Re: Cleanly showing every measure number

[Carl Sorensen]

From: Sam Bivens 
Date: Monday, December 9, 2019 at 12:37 PM
To: lilypond-user 
Subject: Cleanly showing every measure number

Hi everyone,
For pedagogical reasons, I want to include every measure number in my scores. 
I've been using the LSR's consistently left-aligned numbers available at 
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=840
But this causes problems with slurs, ledger lines, etc., which push the measure 
numbers up high above the given measure (see the attached MWE).
Thus I have two related questions:
· How might I adjust \consistentlyLeftAlignedMeasureNumbers to keep 
them consistently near the staff, no matter what the music is?
If you wish to keep them near the staff at the expense of having collisions, 
you can just set the outside-staff-priority to ##f:

\version "2.19.82"
\language "english"
consistentlyLeftAlignedBarNumbers = {
  \override Score.BarNumber.break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible
  \override Score.BarNumber.self-alignment-X =
#(lambda (grob)
   (let ((break-dir (ly:item-break-dir grob)))
 (if (= break-dir RIGHT) RIGHT LEFT)))
  \override Score.BarNumber #'break-align-symbols =
#'(staff-bar clef)
\override Score.BarNumber.outside-staff-priority=##f
}

global = {
  \key c \minor
  \time 12/8
}

right = \relative c'' {
  \global
  s2. ef8 f16 ef d ef \slashedGrace ef8^( g'8)-. f16\(-. ef-. d-. c-. |
  cf8 bf\) bff bff16 af af[ g] g16.\( f32 ef2.\) |
}

\score {
  \new Staff <<
\consistentlyLeftAlignedBarNumbers
\right
  >>
  \layout { }
}

But somehow I doubt this is what you wish to see.
I am not aware of any construct that will allow you to bring bar numbers close 
to the staff (by making them staff objects, rather than outside staff objects) 
but then require the music to move away from them to avoid collisions.
The problem you are running into is that BarNumbers are outside-staff objects, 
and notes and slurs are staff objects.  Collision resolution moves 
outside-staff objects vertically to clear the staff objects.
You can get one solution the problem by modifying 
BarNumber.space-alist.next-note:
\version "2.19.82"
\language "english"

consistentlyLeftAlignedBarNumbers = {
  \override Score.BarNumber.break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible
  \override Score.BarNumber.self-alignment-X =
#(lambda (grob)
   (let ((break-dir (ly:item-break-dir grob)))
 (if (= break-dir RIGHT) RIGHT LEFT)))
  \override Score.BarNumber #'break-align-symbols =
#'(staff-bar clef)
\override Score.BarNumber.outside-staff-priority=##f
\override Score.BarLine.space-alist.next-note = #'(minimum-space . 3)
}

global = {
  \key c \minor
  \time 12/8
}

right = \relative c'' {
  \global
  s2. ef8 f16 ef d ef \slashedGrace ef8^( g'8)-. f16\(-. ef-. d-. c-. |
  cf8 bf\) bff bff16 af af[ g] g16.\( f32 ef2.\) |
}

\score {
  \new Staff <<
\consistentlyLeftAlignedBarNumbers
\right
  >>
  \layout { }
}
I'm not a huge fan of this, because it puts the bar number down in the music, 
when I think it should not be confused as part of the music.  Personally, I'd 
just omit the bar number when it doesn't fit.
HTH,

Carl

RE: Cleanly showing every measure number

[lilypond]

From: lilypond-user  On 
Behalf Of Sam Bivens
Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 8:38 PM
To: lilypond-user 
Subject: Cleanly showing every measure number

 

Hi everyone,

For pedagogical reasons, I want to include every measure number in my scores. 
I've been using the LSR's consistently left-aligned numbers available at 
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=840

But this causes problems with slurs, ledger lines, etc., which push the measure 
numbers up high above the given measure (see the attached MWE).

Thus I have two related questions:

*   How might I adjust \consistentlyLeftAlignedMeasureNumbers to keep them 
consistently near the staff, no matter what the music is?
*   Alternatively, if there are others that require every number to be 
measured, how have you solved this problem? I'm unfortunately not too keen on 
the solution shown in the recent "bar numbers at top of score" thread.

Thanks,

Sam


-- 

Sam Bivens, Ph.D.

Music Theory Faculty

Cleveland Institute of Music

11021 East Boulevard

Cleveland, OH 44106

sam.biv...@cim.edu  

[>] 

Maybe to simple, but what about just using

\layout {

\context {

  \Score

 \override BarNumber.break-visibility = #all-visible

 \override BarNumber.font-size = #+2

 \override BarNumber.Y-offset = -20.0

  \override BarNumber.extra-offset = #'( 0.0 . +22.0) 

}

}

?