You're welcome Ole ! PS. Don't forget to unset the Timing in order to avoid any surprises, eg.:
\new PianoStaff << \new Staff \relative { \time 3/4 s4*6 << { g'8([ fis] e' d c b) } \\ { s8 \once\hideNotes fis8~ 2 } >> \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2/4) << { a4( gis) } \\ { b,2 } >> \unset Timing.measureLength \bar "||" \tempo "Presto di molto" \time 2/4 R2 } \new Staff { \clef F s4*6 d2 dis4^\p c2 r4 r8 e16 gis^\f } >> Cheers, Pierre Le ven. 28 oct. 2022 à 17:47, Ole V. Villumsen <ole.villum...@protonmail.ch> a écrit : > Hi Pierre, > Thank you, merci beaucoup! For my situation that is extremely helpful. The > documentation link too. I much prefer your solution over the ones by Paul, > Mark and Kevin pretending that the incomplete 3/4 measure is an upbeat, > which it isn’t. The way I read the documentation, in theory there might be > situations where telling Lilypond that 3/4 is 2/4 would give improper > beaming, but certainly not in my case, and in other cases this can be > easily corrected by hand. > > A happy weekend to all, > Best regards, Ole > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Friday, October 28th, 2022 at 17:29, Kevin Barry <barr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 03:15:48PM +0000, Ole V. Villumsen wrote: > > > > > > If you use \partial at the beginning of a score it treats the > resulting > > > > duration as the length of music preceding the first bar. This is how > bar > > > > numbering generally works for upbeats/anacrusis. > > > > > > Obviously confirmed. > > > > > > I mean that it is documented behaviour. The NR says "When \partial is > > used at the beginning of a score, duration is the length of the music > > preceding the first bar." > > > > > I admit that I wondered more than a bit about the requirement in the > > > Notation Reference to insert a \partial "when the time signature > > > changes in mid measure". Composers do not always want an > > > upbeat/fractional pick-up there. Maybe supplying a zero duration is a > > > hack; but what is the alternative? At least NR doesn’t give one. > > > > > > It used to be the case that you had to use a different (more > > complicated) syntax to do that, but since the functionality was quite > > similar to partial, partial was updated to work when used at times other > > than the beginning of a piece. > > > > > > All of the examples of \partial in the documentation use it at the > > > > beginning of a bar and supply the duration. If you do the same it > should > > > > work for you. > > > > > > I didn’t see any examples of a zero partial in the docs either. I have > > > trouble making good sense of your last statement, though, sorry. What > > > are you suggesting to do when the composer did not intend nor supply > > > an upbeat? (My example is from C.Ph.E. Bach (1714 - 88): Fantasia C > > > major H.291, bars 71 - 72.) > > > > > > Partial only inserts an upbeat when used at the beginning of a score. To > > quote the NR: "When \partial is used after the beginning of a score, > > duration is the remaining length of the current measure. It does not > > create a new numbered bar." > > > > You should imitate the examples in the NR: put \partial 2 at the > > beginning of the shortened measure. Something like this (based on the > > image you attached): > > > > \relative { > > \time 3/4 > > g'8( fis e' d c b) > > \partial 2 > > a4( gis) > > \bar "||" > > \tempo "Presto di molto" > > \time 2/4 > > R2 > > } > > > > Kevin > _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond