Re: pick up notes and chord names not lining up with first measure

[Keith OHara]

john ware <johnware1 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> I use the "\partial 4" keyword in the melody and "s4" in the chords and 
> everything looks perfect in the first pdf; nice looking score with chord
> names above.  
> 
> However, in the second pdf, having the s4 causes 
> extra bar lines to show up in the alternative sections.  
> 

It looks like the \partial is not included in that score, so Lilypond starts
the timing on the down beat an putting the chord changes happen on the second
beat of each measure from then on.
  The whole-measure chords don't cause any warnings, but bar checks using '|'
would give a message.