Re: Center a number above a measure

[Thomas Morley]

Am 27. März 2012 01:08 schrieb Clément <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
>
> I've encountered many limits when trying to put numbers above measures.
>
> 2 problems :
>
> 1) I found no possibility to print number "1" above multi-measure rests.
> This is no crazy idea of mine, Breitkopf does it :
> http://erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/f/ff/IMSLP11706-Mozart-
> Horn_Concerto_No.1_horn_part.pdf
>
> 2) Printing numbers above measures is limited to multi-measure rests and 
> percent
> repeats. (In both cases, printing number 1 is impossible.)
> Moreover, printing a number without printing the percent symbol is very
> complicated.
> The current workaround in the documentation is insufficient.
>
> http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6287/ex1dp.png
> My first example
> << { la,-.\pp r la-. r \repeat unfold 7 {  la-. r la-. r } } { \override
> PercentRepeat #'transparent = ##t \repeat percent 8 {s2} } >>
>
> http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8727/ex2f.png
> The second one :
> << { si\f)~si~si\>~si\!~si~si~si\>~si\! } { \override PercentRepeat
> #'transparent
> = ##t \repeat percent 8 { s4. } } >>
> (I can't use strict repeats on this one, as I must print 2 decrescendi.)
>
> I have 3 requests:
> 1) The possibility to print number 1 above multi-measure rests (of course, it
> should begin by default on number 2 (just as now) in the case of multi-staff
> scores) and the first measure in the case percent repeats.
>
> 2) Extent of count-percent-repeat to other types of repeats such as unfold
> (useless if the following function is implemented).
>
> 3) A function which could print numbers or series of numbers above
> measures, such as:
> I would like to have a function (implemented in Lilypond) which could print a
> number above a measure, and why not series of numbers, for instance:
> \time 4/4 \numberedMeasure "1" c2 c | \numberedMeasure "5" c2 c | etc.
> or:
> \time 4/4 \startNumberedMeasures c2 c | c c | etc. | c c \stopNumberedMeasures
> or also:
> \time 4/4 \startNumberMeasures \repeat unfold 8 { c2 c } \stopNumberedMeasures
>
> (The possibility to modify some parameters such as alignment, size, padding 
> etc.
> would be very nice.)
>
>
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Hi,

perhaps this thread is of note:

http://old.nabble.com/%22counting-numbers%22-above-bars-called-with-%5Crepeat-unfold-td33181698.html#a33181698


Cheers,
  Harm