Re: Automatic barline misplaced?

[Mark Knoop]

Hi Mungo,

At 12:22 on 23 Nov 2022, Mungo Carstairs wrote:
> I noticed that at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Symphony_No._5_(Sibelius),
> the first musical example has the last barline after 9 quavers, when
> it should be after 12 (time signature being 12/8).

> <score sound="1"> \relative c' { \clef treble \key ees \major \time
> 12/8 \tempo "Tempo molto moderato" \partial 8*5 bes4~\p\<( bes2.~ |
> bes4 ees8 f) bes4-- g-- ees8 f4.\fermata } </score>

> I thought I might have a go at correcting it myself, despite knowing
> nothing (until today) about Lilypond. However I can see nothing in the
> markup that places the barline explicitly, so (with all due
> diffidence) wonder whether it is a bug. I did search GitLab for open
> issues without finding anything that seemed to match.

Well spotted. This simply has the incorrect argument to \partial. There
should be 8 quavers before the *first* barline, not 5, so try this:

<score sound="1">
\relative c' {
  \clef treble
  \key ees \major
  \time 12/8
  \tempo "Tempo molto moderato"
  \partial 8*8
  bes4~\p\<( bes2.~ |
  bes4 ees8 f) bes4-- g-- ees8 f4.\fermata
}
</score>

(This is not a lilypond bug, perhaps the user list would be better next time.)

--
Mark Knoop