As Jay pointed out, \times 2/3 {d8 g a } will occupy the time of two eighth-notes, not three. Hence the barcheck fails because there is an eighth-note's worth of time remaining in your first measure (and 2 1/8's missing in the second.)
Cheers, Mike On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Martin Chicoine <martin.chico...@gmail.com> wrote: > The following example gives me barcheck errors. Could someone explain why? > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > \version "2.12.3" > > \header { > title = "" > } > > staffViolon = \new Staff { > \time 6/8 > \set Staff.instrumentName = "Violon" > \set Staff.midiInstrument = "violin" > \key g \major > \clef treble > \relative c' { > b'4 d,8 ~ \times 2/3 {d8 g a } | > \times 2/3 {b8 d c} \times 2/3 {b a g} | > } > > } > > \score { > << > \staffViolon > >> > > \midi { > } > > \layout { > } > } > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user