Re: newbie: bar lines and lead ins

[Mats Bengtsson]

Please read about \partial in the section on "Advanced rhythmic 
commands" in the
Tutorial.

(You would also have found the information if you had searched for
"pickup" or "upbeat" or "anacrusis" in the "LilyPond Index", i.e. the
index of the manual.)

   /Mats

Joe Mc Cool wrote:
> Please,
>
> \time 6/8 \key g \major g'8                                           \bar "| "
> \repeat volta 2 {
>    b'8 ^"G" a'8g'8b'8 a'8g'8                                        %\bar "|"
>    b'8 ^"Bm" a'8b'8b'8c''8d''8                                              %\bar 
> "|"
>    b'8 ^"G" a'8g'8b'8a'8g'8                                         %\bar "|"
>    a'8 ^"D" b'8a'8fis'8e'8d'8                                       %\bar "|"
>    b'8 ^"G" a'8 g'8b'8a'8g'8                                        %\bar "|"
>    b'8 ^"Bm" a'8b'8b'8c''8 d''8                                             %\bar 
> "|"
>    e''8 ^"C" g''8e''8d''8 ^"G" c''8b'8                                    %\bar 
> "|"
>    a'8 ^"D" fis'8a'8g'4 ^"G"                                              %\bar 
> "|"
> }
>
> I would like this to print as: 
>
> g|bag bag|bab bcd| ......
>
> but Lily shows it with the first bar line missing and remainder in the
> wrong places.
>
> I know I can put the bar lines in manually, but that is a pain. 
>
> In essence I need "print one or two lead-in notes, a bar line and then
> start counting".
>
> My searches of the LM have failed to find this.
>
>   

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