Re: Bar numbers seem to be one off

[T. Michael Sommers]

On 9/26/2015 1:53 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> "T. Michael Sommers" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > It seems that unless I put a
> >
> >         \set Score.currentBarNumber = #0
> >
> > at the top of a score, the bar numbers that get printed are one higher
> > than they should be.  For instance, this, with the above line
> > commented out, labels the first bar "2". What am I missing?
>
> It labels the _second _ bar "2".  Which is entirely correct.

You mean that the number for bar n appears over bar n - 1 instead of 
over bar n?  That seems a bit counter-intuitive.  Is that standard 
musical notation?

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