Re: First Measure bar

[Mats Bengtsson]

I hope you have a good reason to deviate from standard music typesetting
practice. As far as I can see, it's hard-coded into LilyPond to not typeset
the opening repeat at the beginning of a piece, but if there is a general
need for such an option, it should be easy to make this configurable.

  /Mats

VSD wrote:

> I have the same problem. I don't know if lilypond can do that, but I 
> use  the following cheap trick:
>
>
> {
>     \time 4/4
>
>     \partial 128 s128 % create an empty tiny partial measure before 
> the  repeat
>
>     \repeat volta 2
>     {
>         c''2
>         c''
>     }
> }
>
> which works form me. I'd recommend you to use raggedright=##t in the  
> layout for a single bar score though.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:19:15 +0200, Kress, Stephen  
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > If I have a file with this:
> >
> > {
> >     \time 4/4
> >
> >     \repeat volta 2
> >     {
> >         c''2
> >         c''
> >     }
> > }
> >
> > I get a single measure and a close repeat at the end of it.  How do 
> > I  get LilyPond to put the openning repeat in there as well?  I tried 
> > this:
> >
> > {
> >     \time 4/4
> >     \bar "|:"
> >
> >     \repeat volta 2
> >     {
> >         c''2
> >         c''
> >     }
> > }
> >
> > but that puts the time signature inside the repeat.  I tried moving the
> > \bar to various places but nothing would put it where I want it.  I  
> > would like to have the symbols in this order:
> >
> > 1.  Clef
> > 2.  Time signature
> > 3.  Open repeat
> > 4.  The rest of the music.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide.
> >
> > Stephen
>
>
>
>
>
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