Short barline on 4-line staff

When using the 4-line staff, the short barline appears identical to the regular barline. From examining the literature, it seems the short barline should span two spaces instead of three.

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It turns out that we always draw a normal barline on any staff with fewer than five staff lines. This was a change we made some years ago to try to ensure a good appearance on percussion grids, but it’s probably a bit overzealous. I’ve made a note of this and we’ll take a look at it again in due course.

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