John Whitmore <arig...@gmail.com> writes: > I'm not even sure that I have the correct terminology for why I'm trying to > achieve. I've been trying to find info in the bar sections but so far > haven't found what I'm looking for. > > I'm trying to write out a tune whose first bar is incomplete, whilst the > piece is in 4/4 the first bar only contains a triplet: > > \tuplet 3/2 { a'8 b' cs'' } | > > There are no rests in the bar it's just that triplet, which would be > equivalent to a 1/4 note, I think. So that bar is only a quarter the length > that it should be for the bar check. > > The last bar of the piece is the mirror of that first bar and is only 3/4 > full: > > fs''8 g'' fs'' e'' d''8 r8 | > > Unfortunately the above will fail the first bar check and then rearrange > all the bars to move the bar breaks making that first bar a complete bar. > > I've tried to remove all the bar checks from the piece and manually add the > bars with '\bar "|"' But that gives me my manual bars plus where lilypond > thinks the bars should go. > > \tuplet 3/2 { a'8 b' cs'' } \bar "|" > d''4 fs''8 d'' g'' e'' fs'' e'' \bar "|" > > I end up with alternating bars which are 1/4 full and 3/4 full the whole > way through the piece. > > Probably missed the section of the manual which I need for this. Any > direction would be gratefully received.
<https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#upbeats> -- David Kastrup