Hi, Kim:
I must be missing something obvious.
Yep! ;-)
I have read the manual and looked at the example in
bar-number-every-five-reset.ly
But your code doesn't include the parts of that example which are
necessary to affect change you want!!??
e.g., the \context Score \applyContext... stuff in this edited
version:
%%% CODE BEGINS
\version "2.9.14"
\header{
title = "6 part consort music"
}
\paper {
#(set-paper-size "letter")
}
twentyBars =
{
\override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-
invisible %% turn off auto-numbering
\context Score \applyContext #(set-bar-number-visibility 4) %%
first num @ 5
\repeat "unfold" 4 { c4 c c c }
\context Score \applyContext #(set-bar-number-visibility 5) %%
num @ every 5
\repeat "unfold" 16 { c4 c c c }
}
\score
{
\new ChoirStaff \relative
<<
\new Staff { \twentyBars }
\new Staff { \twentyBars }
\new Staff { \twentyBars }
\new Staff { \twentyBars }
\new Staff { \twentyBars }
\new Staff { \twentyBars }
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\override BarNumber #'padding = #3
\override RehearsalMark #'padding = #2
skipBars = ##t
}
\context {
\Staff
\consists Ambitus_engraver
}
}
}
%%% CODE ENDS
Hope this helps!
Kieren.
p.s. Note that I changed your StaffGroup to a ChoirStaff in my
version -- that's what I would use, because barlines carry through
an entire StaffGroup, and sometimes interfere with the lyrics...