To reply to myself, I did find a usable workaround using \mark \markup {
\fontsize #-2 \musicglyph "scripts.coda" } but that seems ungainly. But
perhaps it’s the best that can be managed.
> On May 17, 2025, at 10:46 AM, tim...@bitstream.net via LilyPond user
> discussion wrot
For jazz lead sheets, I frequently want to place a coda at the beginning of a
line following a \break, centered over the barline (which may be implied unless
the line begins with a repeat barline). I use manual breaks to force four bars
to the line for readability. Getting the coda glyph in the
A couple of thoughts. Lilypond can be installed and run on 15.4 because I’ve
got it running. My apologies if the below is not news to you and you already
know this stuff. It’s easy to find oneself mansplaining on the Internet.
1. Perhaps don’t use Firefox for downloading. Try Safari, I find
Sorry for the late response. Using \bar ".|:-||” accomplished what I needed,
albeit confusingly. Since the II precedes the .|: on the output PDF, why isn’t
the correct syntax for this command \bar “||-.|:” ? I had actually tried this
because \bar ".|:-||” is counterintuitive, and I didn’
Of all the things in Lilypnd I find barline syntax perhaps the most baffling.
What I want is a double barline to end an 8 bar intro section at the end of a
line (I am using \break to force 4 bars to a line) and then a repeat barline at
the start of the next line where the head begins. I’ve tri
