Re: Two bars at the start of a repeat

[Timothy Lanfear]

On 10/12/2024 11:33, Owen Le Blanc wrote:

> Somtimes I would like to have two bars at the start of a repeat,
> especially where there is a line break.  In the sample below I get
> only a plain double bar at the start of the repeat.  If I uncomment
> the line '\bar ".|:"' I get only the bar for starting the repeat, and
> if the previous bar is at the end of a line, for example uncommenting
> the "\break" line, I get no bar at the end of the line and the "start
> repeat" bar at the beginning of the next line.  Is there any way to
> get what I want?
>      Yours,
>      -- Owen
> Dr O V Le Blanc
>
>

The \section command does what you need (https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/bars#automatic-bar-lines)

song = { \key c \major \time 4/4 \relative c' {
 c4 d e f
 \section
%\break
 }
 \repeat volta 2 { \relative c' {
% \bar ".|:"
 f4 e d c
}}}

-- 
Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.