Re: \partial at the end of a piece and accidentals

[Wilbert Berendsen]

Op dinsdag 29 januari 2008, schreef Risto Vääräniemi:
> Dear All,
>
> I know it is not recommended to use \partial anywhere but at the
> beginning of a piece. There are situations, though, when a piece ends
> with an incomplete measure, perhaps to begin an another verse with an
> upbeat. How should this be done properly? I've been using \partial for
> that, too.

I think just put \bar"|." at the end, without filling the measure totally, is 
no problem. If the other verse starts with an upbeat, but is in the same 
\score, you don't have to write partial in the next verse. If the \score ends 
at the \bar"|." then there it is no problem that the bar is not filled 
totally.

> However, I stumbled across a weird accidental behaviour if I use
> \partial. If there's an accidental in the second last measure that
> isn't returned to a natural pitch before the bar line and the natural
> voice is used in the last measure the pitch has a natural sign. It's
> hard to explain – please, see the example. If the last measure is a
> full one there's no natural sign. Do you think if it is the same issue
> as in:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2006-07/msg00062.html

Not sure, but I think this is a simpler issue.

I think this is because \partial puts back the time counter. So, you remain in 
the same measure and that's why (I think...) that the accidental is printed.

If I change your example to:

\relative c'
{
  \partial 4 c4 |
  cis2 d |
  c2. \bar "|."
}

the accidental disappears.

w best regards,
Wilbert Berendsen

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