Re: Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Richard,

> I can't seem to find a way to make random measure numbers.  For example, the 
> default is to number the first measure of each line, but the documentation 
> shows how to show bar numbers every 2, 4, etc. bars.  I'm transposing a piece 
> where the measure numbers mark the beginning of each (irregular length) 
> section, so I need to notate measure numbers 11, 19, 27, 31, 51, 59, 67, etc. 
>  Is there a way to do this?  I found a thread from about 2003 where the OP 
> was asking for the same thing, but it was never resolved.

I can think of two options:

1. Use \once \override BarNumber #'transparent = ##f at the beginning of each 
section.
2. Use \mark, and set the #'stencil to be the current bar number.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.