Re: Advice on bar numbers

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Graham.Okely" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:22 AM
Subject: Advice on bar numbers


> I have a manuscript with some repeats and a first and second time bar.
>
> I want to arrange a drum line in my drum machine.
>
> To line up the bars between the manuscript and the drum machine it helps 
> to
> have all the bars numbered. These commands work fine:
>      \set Score.currentBarNumber = #2
>      \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #'#(#f #t #t)
>
> But how do you add the correct bar number for each repeat?
>
> Yes I can set the bar numbers as they should be with \set
> Score.currentBarNumber = #66
> But what do I do when I have repeats and the bar numbers will be 43, 59 
> and
> 84 over one bar?
>
> I could print the manuscript out fully with no repeats that would work.
>
> Are there any other ideas out there?
>
> Thanks
> Graham

Gould suggests either using a and b suffixes or continuing the numbers 
through the repeats, so there are no duplicated numbers.  She points out 
this makes identifying specific bars simpler in rehearsal.

See Alternative bar numbering in 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/bars#bar-numbers

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Phil Holmes