Re: bar check problems with a repeat volta whose first ending is an incomplete bar

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Thank you Michael and Pierre for some good ideas.

Ken

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 1:18 AM Michael Hendry <hendry.michael@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 12 Jan 2023, at 07:17, Pierre Perol-Schneider 
> <pierre.schneider.paris@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Kenneth
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> Le jeu. 12 janv. 2023 à 07:30, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> a 
> écrit :
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>> It is bar #8 that is the incomplete bar in the first repeat volta,
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> ...
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> Two possibilities:
> a) ignore the warning, since it compiles OK;
> b) Change the measure length for each voice for this specific measure:
> \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2/8)
>  (see: 
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/special-rhythmic-concerns.fr.html)
>
> HTH, cheers,
> Pierre
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>
> …or you could work around the problem by starting the repeat at the beginning 
> of the first full bar, and including the E and D# lead-in at the end of bar 8.
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> Or you could make bar 8 a 2/8 bar.
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> The former would be easier to read, IMHO, but I’m (very much) an amateur 
> musician!
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> Michael
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