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In LilyPond, is there a way to highlight one or several bars with a colored box? Similar to this: https://musescore.org/en/node/220071

If it is not possible, it could be done once it has been converted to pdf, with some pdf tuning package. In that case, I would need the start/end "coordinates" of the bar to highlight. Is it possible to obtain this?

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With version v2.23, there is a way to highlight passages.

This can be done with the \staffHighlight command, which takes a colour as an argument.

See: 1.7.1 Inside the staff - Staff highlights

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  • Thank you! For my particular application, it is possible that the same passage may need to be highlighted with two colors. I would like to get the intersection region to have both colors overlapping (with some opacity). Something like: drive.upm.es/s/QFc58j7vbx7hjiu I think this is not achievable by setting the parameter \staffHighlightsetting. Isn't it?
    – Kikolo
    Commented Nov 10, 2022 at 13:28
  • @Kikolo Not exactly, because each new \staffHighlight implicitly writes \stopStaffHighlight. But, you could easily fake it by choosing an in-between colour for the overlapping region.
    – Elements In Space ♦
    Commented Nov 10, 2022 at 16:20
  • Thank you, I thought so. However, for my project I would find it much easier to simply set some rectangles in the pdf once it is generated. I will create a new question for this
    – Kikolo
    Commented Nov 11, 2022 at 15:55

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