Re: Extra Bar

[Simon Bailey]

hi,

On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek <address@hidden> wrote:

At the end of the second alternative ending in the attached snippet an unwanted bar appears and disrupts the meter.

I have experimented with placing

\set Timing.measurePosition = #(ly:make-moment 3/8)
after the second alternative. Using it restores the meter. It does not remove the extra bar.

 

What other method should I try?

you have two possibilities:

first:

you have a partial upbeat, so you also have a partial first repeat bar. use the \set Timing.measurePosition in the first alternative like this:

<<<

\relative c'' {

  \time 3/4 

  \set Timing.measurePosition = #(ly:make-moment -5/16)

  \repeat volta 2 {

  e16 e8. e16 | e4 e e }

  \alternative {

    { 

      \set Timing.measurePosition = #(ly:make-moment -7/16)

      e4 r8. 

    }

    { 

      e4 r8 

      \key ees \minor

      bes8 [ ges ees ] |

    }

  }

   d4 d d |

}

>>>

however, you then have a key change in the middle of the second alternative. this is ugly. a more "correct" way of notating your example, avoiding partial bars after the first bar:

<<<

\relative c'' {

  \time 3/4

  \set Timing.measurePosition = #(ly:make-moment -5/16)

  e16 e8. e16 |

  \repeat volta 2 {

    e4 e e 

  }

  \alternative {

    { e4 r8. e16 e8. e16 | }

    { e4 r8 }

  }

  bes8 [ ges ees ] | 

  \key ees \minor

  d4 d d |

}

>>>  

regards,

sb

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