Re: newbie: bar lines and lead ins

[Matthias Böhringer]

Hallo Joe Cool,

am Freitag, 18. Januar 2008 um 11:34 schriebst Du:
 

> Please,

> \time 6/8 \key g \major g'8                                           \bar "| 
> "
> \repeat volta 2 {
>    b'8 ^"G" a'8g'8b'8 a'8g'8                                          %\bar 
> "|"
>    b'8 ^"Bm" a'8b'8b'8c''8d''8                                        %\bar 
> "|"
>    b'8 ^"G" a'8g'8b'8a'8g'8                                           %\bar 
> "|"
>    a'8 ^"D" b'8a'8fis'8e'8d'8                                         %\bar 
> "|"
>    b'8 ^"G" a'8 g'8b'8a'8g'8                                          %\bar 
> "|"
>    b'8 ^"Bm" a'8b'8b'8c''8 d''8                                       %\bar 
> "|"
>    e''8 ^"C" g''8e''8d''8 ^"G" c''8b'8                                %\bar 
> "|"
>    a'8 ^"D" fis'8a'8g'4 ^"G"                                          %\bar 
> "|"
> }

> I would like this to print as: 

> g|bag bag|bab bcd| ......

> but Lily shows it with the first bar line missing and remainder in the
> wrong places.

> I know I can put the bar lines in manually, but that is a pain. 

> In essence I need "print one or two lead-in notes, a bar line and then
> start counting".

> My searches of the LM have failed to find this.


You need to tell lilypond that the first note is a pickup note which
does not belong to the first full measure.

See \partial in the docs!

Liebe Grüße, Matthias
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