Re: Bar Lines and Compound Time Signature

[Malte Meyn]

Am 12.03.2016 um 19:32 schrieb Edward Ardzinski:
> I would like the bar number on the second line to be 9, not 5, counting each
> bar of 17 as 1 bar of 9 and another of 8...then have 18 on the beginning of
> the 3rd line in the pdf

You could use an extra voice for the changing measure lengths (instead 
of one measure of length 17/8 you get one of length 9/8 and one of 
length 4/4); this voice can also set the \bar ";" commands so you don’t 
have to set them manually in every measure. This is what the \score 
block would look like:

\score {
  <<
    \new ChordNames \har
    \new Staff <<
      \transpose c c' \bass
      \repeat unfold 32 {
        \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 9/8)
        s8*9
        \bar ";"
        \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4/4)
        s4*4
      }
    >>
  >>
}