Re: losing a bar number when the first beat is irregular

[Brian Barker]

At 12:22 04/10/2014 -0700, Vincenzo Auer wrote:
> I've searched on "beyond bars" 2011 ed. ...

That's *Behind* Bars, in fact: it's a pun on the expression meaning 
"in prison".

> ... but I wasn't able to find a reference to this problem.

Any excuse to consult the bible! Page 484, under "Bar numbers": "The 
first complete bar (and not an up-beat) is bar 1."

Brian Barker