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Re: Incomplete measure numbering in repeat


From: David Wright
Subject: Re: Incomplete measure numbering in repeat
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 09:13:48 -0600
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On Sat 14 Jan 2017 at 10:58:58 (+0100), Simon Albrecht wrote:
> On 14.01.2017 08:05, Menu Jacques wrote:
> >Hello folks,
> >
> >In this example (from Gabrieli, faked time signature), is the
> >second alternative's first measure to be numbered 3, or 2?
> 
> I can basically think of three options:
> 2 – if you don’t count repeated bars twice
> 2a – to stress that it’s an alternative to bar 2 (or 2b as
> alternative to 2a)
> 4 – if you do count repeated bars twice
> 
> Personally, I prefer the third option (4), since it corresponds to
> the reality of the sounding music, and bar numbers better hint the
> actual proportions of the piece.
> I get the logic behind numbering it 3, but I still find that
> confusing, since there would be no possible setting where bar ‘3’ is
> played after bar ‘2’, if you get my point.
> Unfortunately, LilyPond doesn’t support the third option…

I don't understand the last sentence. What's wrong with...

Cheers,
David.

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