RE: Restart beat counting after manually inserting a bar

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

I have run into the same issue. Unfortunately I cannot locate the command in my 
"cheat sheet."
It has to do with resetting the first beat of the next measure. Perhaps this 
description shall allow more experienced the divine the terminology.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: lilypond-user [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Simon Albrecht
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 1:37 PM
To: nokel81 <address@hidden>; address@hidden
Subject: Re: Restart beat counting after manually inserting a bar

On 13.12.2017 20:49, nokel81 wrote:
> I have the following lilypond syntax:
>
> \time 6/4
> g8[ d8] \bar "|" f4 g8[ a8] a4( g2) g8[ c8] | a4.( g8) f8[ g8] g2. \bar "|."
>
> Since the total beat count is 13 (not easily divisible by 6) and the 
> last note is 3 beats, lilypond adds an empty bar at the end of the 
> staff before the ending bar which is elicit. I would like to fix this 
> by separating the first two 8th notes into their one mini-staff. How might I 
> do that?

You are almost certainly looking for what’s called an upbeat or anacrusis, and 
which is achieved in LilyPond using the \partial command.
See
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/bar-lines-and-bar-checks>
and
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/advanced-rhythmic-commands#partial-measure>.

Understanding all of the learning manual is essential to a (largely) care-free 
entry into the Lily Pond…

Best, Simon

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