Re: Problem with barcheck

[James Lowe]

Hello

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Ellis <address@hidden>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:44:09 -0500
To: Martin Chicoine <address@hidden>
Cc: lilypond-user <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Problem with barcheck

>As Jay pointed out,  \times 2/3 {d8 g a } will occupy the time of two
>eighth-notes, not three.  Hence the barcheck fails because there is an
>eighth-note's worth of time remaining in your first measure (and 2
>1/8's missing in the second.)
>

Or you need to use

\times 3/3 {d8 g a } instead of \times 2/3 - your bar checks seem to be
quite explicit.

However this makes no sense in 6/8 - it's musical tautology!

:)

Are you copying from a real score or just making something up yourself?

James


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