Dear All, Thanks to Peter Gentry and James pkx188h for helpful suggestions regarding first and second time repeat bars. I find that \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f) (volta "1.") ) is easier to use than the usual method.
I've been trying to typeset a score which has an initial repeat bar line *after* the time signature. I know that it is not necessary to have this bar line or maybe even deprecated but I thought I'd duplicate it anyway. Lilypond's default seems
to be that the bar line will occur *before* the time signature.
Using the following code achieves the desired result and also enables control of the space between key signature and bar line:
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\version "2.14.2" \relative c'' { \time 6/8 \once \override Score.BreakAlignment #'break-align-orders = #(make-vector 3 '(instrument-name left-edge
ambitus breathing-sign clef key-signature time-signature staff-bar custos))
\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'space-alist = #'((first-note . (fixed-space . 2.0)) (right-edge . (extra-space . 0.5)) ;; free up some space between time signature ;; and repeat bar line
(staff-bar . (extra-space . 9 )))%increase this number for more space %between time signature and bar line \bar "|:" c2. d2. d4 e8 f4 g8 } %%%%%%%%%%
but when I use the code in my setting, the extra space number doesn't work which is a shame, as the default position looks too close to the time signature:
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#(set-global-staff-size 19.5) \header { title = "BLOW THE WIND SOUTHERLY" composer = "Northumbrian folk-song" arranger = "arr. Donald J. Hughes" }
soprano = \relative c' {
\key a \major \time 6/8 \once \override Score.BreakAlignment #'break-align-orders = #(make-vector 3 '(instrument-name left-edge ambitus breathing-sign
clef key-signature time-signature staff-bar custos)) \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'space-alist =
#'((first-note . (fixed-space . 2.0)) (right-edge . (extra-space . 0.5)) ;; free up some space between time signature ;; and repeat bar line (staff-bar . (extra-space . 90)))%increase this number for more space
%between time signature and repeat bar line %Doesn't work. \bar "|:" cis'8.^\mp^\markup { \bold Moderato } b16 a8 e cis e fis d fis e cis e }
alto = \relative c' { \key a \major cis8. cis16 d8 e cis e b d b e cis e}
tenor = \relative c' { \clef bass \key a \major e,8. e16 fis8 a a gis fis fis gis b a gis}