@code{studlyCaps}. They mostly control the translation from
music to notatino, eg. @code{localKeySignature} (for determining
whether to print accidentals), @code{measurePosition} (for
-determining when to print a barline). Context properties can
+determining when to print a bar line). Context properties can
change value over time while interpreting a piece of music;
@code{measurePosition} is an obvious example of
this. Context properties are modified with @code{\set}.
A hairpin normally starts at the left edge of the beginning note
and ends on the right edge of the ending note. If the ending note
falls on the downbeat, the hairpin ends on the immediately
-preceding barline. This may be modified by setting the
-@code{hairpinToBarline} property,
+preceding bar line. This may be modified by setting the
+@code{hairpinToBar line} property,
@cindex Hairpin
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,fragment,verbatim,relative=2]
- list of specific terms:
canceled
simultaenous NOT concurrent
+measure: the unit of music
+bar line: the symbol delimiting a measure
@unnumberedsubsubsec Bar lines
@cindex Bar lines
-@cindex Barlines
@funindex \bar
@cindex measure lines
@cindex repeat bars
the absence of notes. This is so that single-staff polyphony with rests in one
of the parts does not throw off the @code{Page_turn_engraver}). When it finds
a sufficiently long section without notes, the @code{Page_turn_engraver} will
-insert an @code{\allowPageTurn} at the final barline in that section, unless
-there is a @q{special} barline (such as a double bar), in which case the
-@code{\allowPageTurn} will be inserted at the final @q{special} barline in
+insert an @code{\allowPageTurn} at the final bar line in that section, unless
+there is a @q{special} bar line (such as a double bar), in which case the
+@code{\allowPageTurn} will be inserted at the final @q{special} bar line in
the section.
@funindex minimumPageTurnLength
@end lilypond
@item
-In a @internalsref{StaffGroup}, the barlines will be drawn through
+In a @internalsref{StaffGroup}, the bar lines will be drawn through
all the staves, but the group is started with a bracket.
@lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote]
In addition to these four staff group types, other groupings can
be produced by changing various properties. E.g., the
@q{Mensurstriche} layout common in Renaissance music, with
-barlines running between but not through the staves, can be
+bar lines running between but not through the staves, can be
produced from a @code{StaffGroup} or @code{GrandStaff} context if
-the barlines are made transparent in the @code{Staff} itself, with
+the bar lines are made transparent in the @code{Staff} itself, with
the command @code{\override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##t}
@cindex staff, nested
\override Slur #'transparent = ##t
% Comment in the below "\remove" command to allow line
- % breaking also at those barlines where a note overlaps
+ % breaking also at those bar lines where a note overlaps
% into the next bar. The command is commented out in this
% short example score, but especially for large scores, you
% will typically yield better line breaking and thus improve
\override Score.PaperColumn #'keep-inside-line = ##t
@end example
-To make lyrics avoid barlines as well, use
+To make lyrics avoid bar lines as well, use
+
@example
\layout @{
\context @{