Hi, There's a handy snippet for counting repeated bars in the manual. But I'm running into limitations when for instance I'd like to have 2- or 4-bar sections that I'd like to count. Usage example: a bass guitar has a 4-bar riff that's repeated 8 times, but I can't use a volta repeat in the part because the rest of the ensemble doesn't have repeatable music; I'd like to print a counting number over the centre of the first bar of each phrase.
For 2-bar phrases, using the example from the manual, I get the following, but the Counter is centred over the middle bar-line. Does anyone have a suggestion for some scheme magic I can investigate to calculate the X-offset to the centre of the first bar? \new Staff \relative c' { << { \set countPercentRepeats = ##t \hide DoublePercentRepeat \repeat percent 4 { s1*2} } \repeat unfold 4 { c4. 8 r4 8 r | d4. 4. 4 } >> } For 4-bar phrases, the best thing I've managed to come up with is this: \new Staff \relative c { \clef bass << \context Voice = "foo" { \repeat unfold 4 { r4 d8 r r f r4 | a8 r r g r a f r8 | r4 d'8 r r f, r4 | a8 r r g8 ~ g4 r | } } \context Voice = "foo" { \hide MultiMeasureRest \override Voice.MultiMeasureRestText.font-encoding = #'fetaText \override Voice.MultiMeasureRestText.font-size = #-2 s1*4 | R1^"(2)" s1*3 | R1^"(3)" s1*3 | R1-"(4)" s1*3 | } >> } but that's all a bit "manual" ;) I was thinking it may be possible to override the stencil for the PercentRepeatCounter and do some math on the current percent repeat count, but I have no idea how to: a) get the current repeat number b) replace a text-interface::print stencil I've just spent 2 hours digging through LSR and the exending lilypond manual, but that was a bit fruitless. I'm also wondering if there's any form of convention to show these repeated phrases – as a player, if I was given a part with these repeated phrases and no counting, I'd add the numbers in pencil and probably a flare to the final barline of each phrase. I'm open to suggestions ;) Thanks, kind regards, sb -- Do not meddle in the affairs of trombonists, for they are subtle and quick to anger.