Re: bar counters

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Werner LEMBERG 
<address@hidden> writes
> In orchestral parts it is quite common to have bar counters like this:
Very late response, I know :-)
>           1         2         3         4
>
>       c r g r | c r g r | c r g r | c r g r |
>
>          cresc.  -   -   -   -   -  f
>
>
> Currently, lilypond provides automatic bar counting for repeats only.
> It would be great if we can have this feature for normal music also,
> something like this:
>
>      \tag #'tuba \barCounterOn
>      c r g\< r |
>      c r g r |
>      c r g r |
>      c\f r g r |
>      \tag #'tuba \barCounterOff
>
> The current workaround, namely to use overlayed invisible percent
> repeaters, is not very elegant...
>
> Any chance that this gets implemented quickly?  Otherwise I'll add it
> to the Google item list as a feature request.
Please also add a feature to make the number visible/invisible. A lot of 
the music I see starts counting on the first bar, but only starts 
displaying the counter about, say, bar 4.

A typical occurrence for me is, say, 8 bars rest where the cue is 
written out. It'll start counting about bar 5.

Alternatively, you could add an option whereby you tell \barCounterOn 
what number to start counting at.
>   Werner
Cheers,
Wol
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