Hello Brandon,

On 23 November 2011 03:15, Matthew Collett <m_coll...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> On 23/11/2011, at 12:18 pm, Brandon Pisani wrote:
>
> > Second, and here's the rub, I'm trying to put this piece of music (
> http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/06/ble.htm) into the program
> using the code after the signature on this message.  What I'm running into:
> without the \bar "|" there's no bar between the new time signature and the
> rest of the music. If I put in bar checks, I get errors.
>
> How is the counting supposed to proceed at the end of the repeated section?
>
> Lilypond wants to finish the 6/4 bar that you are 4 crotchets into.  If
> that is also what you want, then just change to 4/4 four beats earlier than
> you are (i.e. at the end of a full bar of 6/4).
>
> If you want to throw away the two remaining crotchets in that bar and
> start with a fresh bar of 6/4, then you will have to engage in some
> trickery to make Lilypond play along:
>
>  \repeat volta 2 {
>  c'4 b8 a g4 c c c c b8 c d4 e d c d e
>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4 4) d2~ d
>  }
>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 4)
>
> If you want to prolong the final note of the repeat to fill out the full
> bar, use alternate endings.  Unfortunately, the same trickery is still
> required - in this case Lilypond ought to be able to figure out the need
> for partial bars itself, but currently it needs help to do so:
>
>  \repeat volta 2 {
>  c'4 b8 a g4 c c c c b8 c d4 e d c d e
> \alternative {
>   {
>   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4 4) d2~ d
>   }
>   { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 4) d1. }
>  }
>  }
>

And just in case you are wondering

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#index-partial


Regards


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James
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