GNU LilyPond

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Bar lines

Bar lines are inserted automatically, but if you need a special type of barline, you can force one using the \bar command:

     c4 \bar "|:" c4
     

The following bar types are available

     c4
     \bar "|" c
     \bar "" c
     \bar "|:" c
     \bar "||" c
     \bar ":|" c
     \bar ".|" c
     \bar ".|." c
     \bar "|."
     

You are encouraged to use \repeat for repetitions. See Repeats.

In scores with many staves, the barlines are automatically placed at top level, and they are connected between different staves of a StaffGroup :

     < \context StaffGroup <
       \context Staff = up { e'4 d'
          \bar "||"
          f' e' }
       \context Staff = down { \clef bass c4 g e g } >
     \context Staff = pedal { \clef bass c2 c2 } >
     

The objects that are created at Staff level. The name is BarLine .

The command \bar bartype is a short cut for doing \property Score.whichBar = bartype Whenever whichBar is set to a string, a bar line of that type is created. whichBar is usually set automatically: at the start of a measure it is set to defaultBarType. The contents of repeatCommands is used to override default measure bars.

whichBar can also be set directly, using \property or \bar . These settings take precedence over the automatic whichBar settings.

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