Re: Problem with \partial

[Graham Percival]

Juergen Reuter wrote:
> For example, if a song with 4/4 meter starts with "\partial 4 f4", the 
> last bar should, by convention, have a total length of 3 quarter notes. 
> Having said that, you never should use "\partial" or "\upbeat" somewhere 
> within a piece.  If lily nevertheless accepts it within a piece without 
> issuing an error or warning, I consider this a bug.
>
> Having a bar within a piece that differs in length from the foreassigned 
> meter is a different concept.

In my example, I _did_ state

\noTimeSignature
c4 c c c | d d d d \partial 4 d | c c c c


... and some contemporary music may want to change the number of beats 
in a bar without changing the notated time signature.  Whatever we think 
of that practice (and I dislike it too :) , I don't think we should 
explicitly disallow it inside lilypond.

Cheers,
- Graham