Re: How do I force a bar line?

[Mats Bengtsson]

One trick is to start the piece with
\partial 16 s16 \bar "||"

  /Mats

Jim Sabatke wrote:
> I'm writing a converter for BMW (a windows bagpipe music program) to 
> Lilypond conversion program.  There are thousands of BMW files on the 
> web, so it will be useful.
>
> Pipers are very picky about how their music is printed, hence this and 
> other questions I will be asking.
>
> QUESTION:  How do I force a bar immediately after the time signature at 
> the beginning of a piece?  I've tried the following, and many other 
> things, with no success:
>
> \notes {
>     \time 2/2
>     \tieUp
>     \stemDown
>     \slurUp
>     \key d \major
>     \relative c'
>     \transpose c c' {
>         #(add-grace-property 'Voice 'Stem 'length 6)
>         #(add-grace-property 'Voice 'Stem 'thickness 1.0)
>
> ===>>>  \bar "||" \noBreak
>         \partial 64*12
>         e'8 a'16
>         \noBreak %% Line: 1 Bar: 1
>         \dbhg g'4 a'8[ e'8] \dbhg g'4 \tg d'8[ e'8]  |
>         \noBreak %% Line: 1 Bar: 2
>
> TIA,

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