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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: layout problem - new issue
From:       Archer Endrich <archerhgm () gmail ! com>
Date:       2024-05-14 18:29:07
Message-ID: b7e4216a-effc-4aac-8f4d-6338d7893491 () gmail ! com
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Thank you, Jean.  Of course!  The broader issue for me is that I hadn't 
grasped that it was actually a << {...} \\ {...} >> construction in the 
newer, simpler format.

I'm so grateful for your help.  I was going around in circles, knowing 
that the solution had to be something straightforward.

Thanks again,
Archer

On 14/05/2024 16:44, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
>> I've tried placing the new bar in 3 different places on the treble
>> staff.  In the current pdf, the first 2 are commented out and the third
>> -- which I expected to work -- is active: placement after the >>.
>> Somehow a spurious bar is inserted, but I don't know where it's coming from.
> You have
>
>      <<
>        { R1 | [...] \bar "!" }
>          
>        \new Staff \with { alignAboveContext="RH" } { \chimes }
>          
>      >>
>      es'4\mp es'4. es'8
>
> but the \chimes takes one measure more than the { R1 | [...] \bar "!" }.
> The duration of the << >> expression is the max of the two. Basically,
> << >> waits before *all* subexpressions are exhausted before yielding
> back control.
>
> You should simply move the line es'4\mp es'4. es'8 into the { R1 ... }.
>
> Best,
> Jean
>

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