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Bar lines

  \bar bartype

This is a shortcut for doing

  \property Score.whichBar = bartype

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.

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. BarLine grobs are created by the Bar_engraver .

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