Re: Boxed bar numbers used as rehearsal marks

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Mats Bengtsson 
<address@hidden> writes
> Sorry, I'll learn to read some time. However, if you want boxed
> bar numbers, then I propose to take a look at the example
> bar-number-regular-interval.ly in the Tips and Tricks document,
> which automatically gives boxed bar numbers at regular intervals
> without any \mark commands in the code.

Except that's NOT what is wanted. What is wanted is a rehearsal mark, 
which is normally used at the start of a segue or new melody - ie at 
random not regular intervals.

For example, the piece I've just been doing (admittedly I've been using 
letters) has marks at various intervals - sometimes 4, often 8, 
sometimes 12 bars.

And just this evening I've been playing pieces marked up exactly as the 
OP referred to - using bar numbers as rehearsal marks at random 
intervals. This is *typical* of medley-style Concert Band pieces.

Cheers,
Wol
>   /Mats
>
> Christian Hitz wrote:
> > The main point of my example is that the rehearsal mark is not a 
> > consecutive number but the current bar number.
> >  Christian
> >  Am 10.11.2004 um 12:51 schrieb Mats Bengtsson:
> >
> > > A simplified version of what you wrote can be found in
> > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-09/msg00160.html
> > >
> > >    /Mats
> > >
> > > Christian Hitz wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi list,
> > > > in wind band music I have encountered four types of rehearsal 
> > > > marks:  consecutive letters, consecutive numbers, bar numbers at 
> > > > regular  intervals and bar numbers at special places. The first 
> > > > three types  are explained in the manual.
> > > > With the help of the manual I could piece together the fourth type. 
> > > > think the following example would make a good addition to the 
> > > > Rehearsal mark (5.15.3) or Bar number (5.15.4) section.
> > > > Christian
> > > > \header {
> > > >     texidoc = "Boxed bar numbers used as rehearsal marks"
> > > > }
> > > > \version "2.4.0"
> > > > \score {
> > > >     \context Staff \transpose  c c' {
> > > >     \set Score.markFormatter
> > > >         = #(lambda (mark context)
> > > >             (make-bold-markup
> > > >                 (make-box-markup (number->string 
> > > > (ly:context-property context 'currentBarNumber)))))
> > > >         c1 \bar "||" \mark \default c1 c1 \mark \default c1 \bar "|."
> > > >     }
> > > > }

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