At 15:45 on 15 Nov 2020, Jonas Hahnfeld wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 15.11.2020, 15:13 +0000 schrieb Mark Knoop: >> At 15:08 on 15 Nov 2020, Jonas Hahnfeld wrote: >>> Am Sonntag, den 15.11.2020, 10:04 -0500 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This discussion/development/enhancement — which is happening just >>>> after a thread on the FB group about centred measure numbers — has >>>> made me wonder if it’s possible to roll measure-centred measure >>>> numbers into the actual BarNumber code [instead of forcing people to >>>> (ab)use MeasureCounter]… >>>> >>>> Is there any technical reason the main BarNumber code can’t be >>>> improved to allow users to have bar numbers centred within the >>>> measure? >>> >>> I think that's a totally different topic and not actually related to >>> positioning the usual bar numbers that are above the bar line in all >>> scores that I ever played from. > > Looks like my recollection was wrong here: In most *classical* scores. > The medleys of film music that I played in (hobby) orchestras mostly > use rehearsal marks and / or bar numbers *below* bar lines. > >> Measure-centred bar numbers are fairly standard in film scores. > > Do you mean the conductor's score? Or maybe the full soundtrack scores > for professionals follow a different style than what I described above?
Yes, in scores (and often also in parts) for film score sessions. The idea being it's ridiculously fast to find any given starting point. -- Mark Knoop
