length. Bar checks also make your input code easier to
read, since they help to keep things organized.
-@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
-g1 | e1 | c2. c'4 | g4 c g e | c4 r r2 |
+@c This example deliberately produces a warning
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
+\relative g' {
+ g1 | e1 | c2. c' | g4 c g e | c4 r r2 |
+}
@end lilypond
+If you compile the code in the example above, you should see a
+warning in the console output:
+
+@example
+warning: barcheck failed at: 1/2
+ g1 | e1 | c2. c'
+ | g4 c g e | c4 r r2 |
+@end example
+
+Although the missing duration is clear in the musical output in this
+simple example, the warning in the console output is far more
+effective in drawing attention to the missing @code{4} in bar 3.
+
@seealso
Notation Reference:
@ruser{Bar and bar number checks}.
d4 b8 c4 a8 | d4 b8 g4
}
\addlyrics {
- Girls and boys come | out to play,
+ Girls and boys come out to play,
}
>>
@end lilypond
a4 b8 c b a | d4 b8 g4. |
}
\addlyrics {
- Girls and boys come | out to play,
- The | moon doth shine as | bright as day; |
+ Girls and boys come out to play,
+ The moon doth shine as bright as day;
}
>>
@end lilypond
-If you compile the code in the example above, you should see some
-warnings in the console output:
-
-@example
-song.ly:12:29: warning: barcheck failed at: 5/8
- The | moon doth shine as
- | bright as day; |
-song.ly:12:46: warning: barcheck failed at: 3/8
- The | moon doth shine as | bright as day;
- |
-@end example
-
-This is a good example of the usefulness of bar checks. Now,
-looking at the music, we see that the extra lyrics do not align
+Looking at the music, we see that the extra lyrics do not align
properly with the notes. The word @notation{shine} should be sung
on two notes, not one. This is called a @notation{melisma}, a
single syllable sung to more than one note. There are several
a4 b8 c( b) a | d4 b8 g4. |
}
\addlyrics {
- Girls and boys come | out to play,
- The | moon doth shine as | bright as day; |
+ Girls and boys come out to play,
+ The moon doth shine as bright as day;
}
>>
@end lilypond
a4 b8 c([ b]) a | d4 b8 g4. |
}
\addlyrics {
- Girls and boys come | out to play,
- The | moon doth shine as | bright as day; |
+ Girls and boys come out to play,
+ The moon doth shine as bright as day;
}
>>
@end lilypond
a4 b8 c[ b] a | d4 b8 g4. |
}
\addlyrics {
- Girls and boys come | out to play,
- The | moon doth shine _ as | bright as day; |
+ Girls and boys come out to play,
+ The moon doth shine _ as bright as day;
}
>>
@end lilypond
c4.( bes8 a4. g8 fis4.) g8 | fis1
}
\addlyrics {
- When I am | laid,
- am | laid __ in | earth,
+ When I am laid,
+ am laid __ in earth,
}
>>
@end lilypond
d4 d e | c2
}
\addlyrics {
- A -- | way in a __ | man -- ger,
- no __ | crib for a | bed, __
+ A -- way in a __ man -- ger,
+ no __ crib for a bed,
}
>>
@end lilypond
c4.~ 8 d b | c8([ d]) b c d b | c8
}
\addlyrics {
- Lar -- go_al fac -- | to -- tum del -- la cit -- | tà
+ Lar -- go_al fac -- to -- tum del -- la cit -- tà
}
>>
@end lilypond
c8 | c8([ bes]) a a([ g]) f | f'4. b, | c4.~ 4
}
\addlyrics {
- Let | flee -- cy flocks the | hills a -- | dorn, __
+ Let flee -- cy flocks the hills a -- dorn, __
}
\relative c' {
\key f \major
r8 | r4. r4 c8 | a'8([ g]) f f([ e]) d | e8([ d]) c bes'4
}
\addlyrics {
- Let | flee -- cy flocks the | hills a -- dorn,
+ Let flee -- cy flocks the hills a -- dorn,
}
>>
@end lilypond