Hi Jean,
I'm not sure if that's genius or a completely warped way of thinking, but
it does *exactly* what I need. I've been using Lilypond for about 20 years
and would have never thought of "stacking" Bar_number_engravers. :D
Thanks, kind regards,
sb
On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 18:48, Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> Le 25/05/2022 à 19:21, Simon Bailey a écrit :
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I can print bar numbers every n (let's say 5) bars using:
> >
> > \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 5)
> >
> > However, I'd like to have my cake and eat it and *also* have bar
> > numbers printed at the beginning of every line, regardless of whether
> > it's a multiple of 5. So in the attached screenshot, the first line
> > should have 28 at the beginning, and the second line should have 36.
> > the bar numbers at 30, 35, 40 should also be printed.
> >
> > Does anyone know any magic words to make that happen?
>
>
>
> As practically everything, you could program it in Scheme.
> There's a cheaper solution though:
>
> \version "2.22.2"
>
> regularBarNumbers = \with {
> \consists Bar_number_engraver
> barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 5)
> \override BarNumber.break-visibility = #center-visible
> }
>
> <<
> \new Staff \with \regularBarNumbers \repeat unfold 50 { c'1 }
> \repeat unfold 50 { c'1 }
> >>
>
>
> The idea is that the Bar_number_engraver gets duplicated,
> in Score and and in the top Staff. The Score prints a
> bar number at the beginning of every line, as usual.
> The Staff prints a bar number every 5th measure, but
> only in the middle of a line, so that it won't duplicate
> the number typeset by the Score if it happens to be at
> the beginning of the line.
>
>
> Best,
> Jean
>
>
>
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