Measure-centered bar numbers
For film scores, a common convention is to center bar numbers within
their measure. This is achieved through setting the
centerBarNumbers context property to #t. When this is
used, the type of the bar number grobs is CenteredBarNumber
rather than BarNumber.
This example demonstrates a number of settings: the centered bar numbers are boxed and placed below the staves.
\layout { \context { \Score centerBarNumbers = ##t barNumberVisibility = #all-bar-numbers-visible \override CenteredBarNumber.stencil = #(make-stencil-boxer 0.1 0.25 ly:text-interface::print) \override CenteredBarNumberLineSpanner.direction = #DOWN } } \new StaffGroup << \new Staff \relative c' { d4-. f8( e d4) bes'-> | d,-. f8( e d4) cis'-> | g-. f8( d e4) g-> | a,1-> | } \new Staff \relative c { \clef bass d4 f8 e d2~ | 4 f8 e d2~ | 4 4 2 | a1 | } >>