Re: Measure numbering: Volta with incomplete alternatives

[Mats Bengtsson]

On 2018-06-20 22:59, Sam Bivens wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm typesetting a Beethoven bagatelle (119/4) where both alternative 
> measures at the end of a volta are incomplete. If you look at the 
> attached PNG, you'll see that the measure immediately following the 
> second alternative is also incomplete (it's the start of the third 
> system). LilyPond gives this half-measure it's own measure number, as 
> shown in my attached MWE. 

> I have two questions:
>
>  1. Are there any sources in the notation literature that give a
>     suggestion on how we should number these measures? Should the
>     half-measure at the start of the third system get its own measure
>     number, or should it be a continuation of the previous measure (in
>     my Lily file, 2b)? My intuition suggests the latter.
Yes, that's most common in printed music, as far as I can recall.
> 1.
>
>
>  2. Are there cleaner ways of fixing this than my three commented-out
>     lines?
The recent 2.19.x versions of Lilypond can handle these incomplete 
alternatives correctly, without any additional \set Timing.xxx commands. 
If you simply remove those commands from your file, the measure 
numbering will be more standard, i.e. the continued half bar doesn't get 
any extra bar number.
> (And a bonus question if anyone knows: why isn't this bagatelle 
> written starting on beat 1?)
Well, isn't it a kind of Gavotte?

    /Mats
> Thanks for any help anyone may offer!
>
> Sam

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