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3.14.2 Rehearsal marks

To print a rehearsal mark, use the \mark command

     \relative c'' {
       c1 \mark \default
       c1 \mark \default
       c1 \mark #8
       c1 \mark \default
       c1 \mark \default
     }

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(The letter I is skipped in accordance with engraving traditions.)

The mark is incremented automatically if you use \mark \default, but you can also use an integer argument to set the mark manually. The value to use is stored in the property rehearsalMark.

The style is defined by the property markFormatter. It is a function taking the current mark (an integer) and the current context as argument. It should return a markup object. In the following example, markFormatter is set to a canned procedure. After a few measures, it is set to function that produces a boxed number.

     \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-numbers
     c1 \mark \default
     c1 \mark \default
     \set Score.markFormatter
        = #(lambda (mark  context)
            (make-bold-markup (make-box-markup (number->string mark))))
     c1 \mark \default
     c1 \mark \default

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The file scm/translation-functions.scm contains the definitions of format-mark-numbers (the default format) and format-mark-letters. They can be used as inspiration for other formatting functions.

The \mark command can also be used to put signs like coda, segno and fermatas on a bar line. Use \markup to to access the appropriate symbol

     c1 \mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts-ufermata" }
     c1

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In the case of a line break, marks must also be printed at the end of the line, and not at the beginning. Use the following to force that behavior

     \override Score.RehearsalMark
       #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-invisible

See also

Program reference: MarkEvent, RehearsalMark.

Init files: scm/translation-functions.scm contains the definition of format-mark-numbers and format-mark-letters. They can be used as inspiration for other formatting functions.

Examples: input/regression/rehearsal-mark-letter.ly, input/regression/rehearsal-mark-number.ly.

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