Re: Partial measure alignment at end of score

[Keith OHara]

Ben Finney <ben+lilypond <at> benfinney.id.au> writes:
>
> I'm writing a score that has a partial measure at the beginning and at
> the end. LilyPond is complaining that the measure at the end fails its
> bar check.
> 
The usual way to handle this is to skip the bar check "|" on the final measure, 
because you know it is not complete.

> 
> Why is the bar check failing, when the measure is clearly marked as the
> right length (“\partial 2 …”)? How can I get that partial measure to
> work in all the places its used?
> 
Unfortunately, \partial actually tells Lilypond to back up in time.  It only 
works in a sensible way at the beginning of the piece.  A better name would 
have 
been "\pickup" or "\ambitus".