Re: Incomplete final bar with \parallelMusic

[Trevor Daniels]

David Sumbler wrote Monday, May 25, 2015 5:32 PM


>I am using the \parallelMusic entry for a string quartet.
> 
> At the beginning of the 1st movement (which is mostly in 4/4 time) there
> is a half bar before the first bar-line, which causes no problem because
> I have "\partial 2" in each part.
> 
> But the corresponding half bar at the end of the movement produces
> "barcheck failed" warning messages, although the music compiles
> correctly.  The final bar and a half are these:
> 
> % bar 148
> d2 r2 |
> d2 r2 |
> d2 r8 cs cs cs |
> d2 r8 cs cs cs |
> % bar 149
> d4 r4 \bar "|."
> d4 r4 \bar "|."
> d4 r4 \bar "|."
> d4 r4 \bar "|."
> 
> So far I haven't found a way to suppress these messages, although I have
> tried several different approaches.  I suspect that there is probably a
> fairly simple solution, but so far I haven't managed to think of it!
> 
> Any ideas?

The bars must be all the same length as the bar check marks are required.  This 
can be fiddled by increasing the duration of the rests without changing the 
printed appearance:

% bar 148
 d''2 r2 |
 d2 r2 |
 d2 r8 cs cs cs |
 d2 r8 cs cs cs |
% bar 149
 d4 r4*3 \bar "|." |
 d4 r4*3 \bar "|." |
 d4 r4*3 \bar "|." |
 d4 r4*3 \bar "|." |

Trevor