New User Questions

[Brandon Pisani]

Howdy, y'all,

I just started trying to use this recently. My eventual use is to 
compile a personal (non-distributed, non-sold, etc.) tunebook for tin 
whistle. I am trying, or thought I was trying, to start of small, and I 
don't understand some of the structure quite yet. Please, help me out 
with a couple of questions.

First, as I'm an American and tend to use letter-sized paper (8.5" x 
11"), where should I put the \paper { } command?

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. There's 
no ending bar.  Maybe I'm missing some theory and the original piece is 
written strangely. Maybe I'm missing something regarding this language.

Any help, suggestions, thrown fruit, send them my way.

Cheers,

Brandon Pisani

\version "2.14.0"

\header {
  title = \markup { "Trois Navires de" \concat { "Bl" \char ##x00E9  } }
}

melody = \relative c' {
  \clef treble
  \key c \major
  \time 6/4
  \autoBeamOff
  \partial 2
  \repeat volta 2{
  c'4 b8 a g4 c c c c b8 c d4 e d c d e d2~ d
  }
  c4. d8 e4 d c d
  \bar "|"
  \numericTimeSignature
  \time 4/4
  e4 d c8([ b)] a b c4 d d2 a8 b a g g4 g8 g
  \time 6/4
  a4 e' e d d( e) c2~ c
}

\score {
  \new Staff \melody
  \layout { }
  \midi { }
}