Re: Using a tick as a bar line and vertically repositioning it

[Thomas Morley]

2017-03-14 19:57 GMT+01:00 Joseph N. Srednicki <address@hidden>:
> Hello:
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> Can someone help with an answer that I cannot find by searching the Lilypond
> documentation?
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> In some plainsong settings in the Hymnal 1982, a vertical tick represents a
> bar line.
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> See the following tiny example.
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> \version "2.19.54"
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> \relative c {
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>   \time 2/4
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>   c' c \bar"'" |
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>   c c \bar "|."
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> }
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> In this example, the tick appears on the f line about middle c.
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> How would I code this so that I can vertically position the tick appear in
> the middle line of the staff and make it bold?


You can't without redefining make-tick-bar-line.
Does below already fits your needs?

\relative c {

  \time 2/4
  c' c
  \once \override Staff.BarLine.hair-thickness = 15
  \once \override Staff.BarLine.bar-extent = #'(-1 . 1)
  \bar "|"
  c c \bar "|."

}

Cheers,
  Harm