Re: Bar counts and repeats in repetitive music

[Jeffery Shivers]

> I think using (ly:context <context> 'measurePosition)

Sorry, this is actually incorrect. `currentBarNumber` is what you need
to look up.

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Jeffery Shivers
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Could you provide a MWE? Without any knowledge of how your project is
> setup, we have to guess how exactly to help you.
>
> Regarding automating measure numbers, you could write a scheme
> function to calculate the next bar number following repeats, I think
> using (ly:context <context> 'measurePosition) and then factoring in
> the number of times something is repeated.
>
> If I understand correctly, you want the piano part to look different
> (optimized) in its own document as opposed to how it will look in the
> less-optimized score. I'm attaching a (not very elegant) suggestion of
> how you might begin to automate things there as well (rewired etc. to
> suit your setup). HTH
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 10:07 AM, ptoye <address@hidden> wrote:
>> What - no-one? Am I the only one playing minimalist music round here?
>>
>>
>> ptoye wrote
>>> I'm trying to engrave a highly repetitive piano part using repeats as much
>>> as possible to save page-turns, but I need to display the bar numbers as
>>> if the repeats were written out (other parts don't repeat). It seems to me
>>> that this raises three issues, to none of which have I found a solution in
>>> the manuals.
>>>
>>> 1) Notating the number of repeats automatically . One can do a markup of
>>> "3×" on the repeat bar, so it's not a major problem, but Lilypond doesn't
>>> seem to do this automatically, which is a bit of a shame.
>>>
>>> 2) Adjusting the bar count to take the repeated bars into account. For
>>> example, if an 8-bar phrase is repeated 4 times, the bar count after the
>>> end of the section is 33, rather than 9. Again, this can be done by
>>> setting the bar number, but it would be useful to have a computer do the
>>> arithmetic.
>>>
>>> 3) Displaying the multiple bar numbers. In the above example, displaying
>>> something like "1-9-17-25". Without this, rehearsals will be a bit
>>> fraught!
>>>
>>> Any help gratefully received,
>>>
>>> Peter
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