Re: Section repeat

2017-02-04 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 4 Feb 2017, at 01:58, Flaming Hakama by Elaine > wrote: > > Comparing yesterday's version (2 and 4 separate) and A (2&4 together), > > I'd maintain that A describes the music more faithfully, and is > > actually easier to read: when you reach 15 on the 4th-time

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-04 Thread Hans Åberg
Yt was David Wright who wrote what you quote, not me. > On 4 Feb 2017, at 01:58, Flaming Hakama by Elaine > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 1:12 PM, [David Wright ] > wrote: > > > Comparing yesterday's version (2 and 4 separate) and A

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-03 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Hans Åberg wrote: > > > Comparing yesterday's version (2 and 4 separate) and A (2&4 together), > > I'd maintain that A describes the music more faithfully, and is > > actually easier to read: when you reach 15 on the 4th-time through, > >

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-03 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 3 Feb 2017, at 21:51, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 03 Feb 2017 at 20:23:07 (+0100), Hans Åberg wrote: >> >> FYI, here are two versions with the repeat combined fro visual comarison. In >> the first, there is a terminating repeat sign, in the second none. > >

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-03 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Feb 2017 at 20:23:07 (+0100), Hans Åberg wrote: > > > On 3 Feb 2017, at 19:02, Flaming Hakama by Elaine > > wrote: > > > > > in that 2 needs a repeat barline at the end of the measures, > > > you need one alternative each. > > > > Eh? Are you telling me

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-03 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> > in that 2 needs a repeat barline at the end of the measures, > > you need one alternative each. > > Eh? Are you telling me that I can't write the first rendition > any more because, in the second, only 1 needs a repeat barline > at the end of the measure, and 2 *mustn't* have one? > > I was

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-03 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Feb 2017 at 13:41:52 (-0800), Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote: > > When the whole section is repeated when it has alternatives, how is that > > normally engraved? Specifically, the section has two alternatives, but is > > repeated in full. One way is to use Score.repeatCommands for

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 2 Feb 2017, at 22:41, Flaming Hakama by Elaine > wrote: > > I'd say, in general, you need as many alternatives as there is unique > material. > > Only 1 & 3 are the same, so you can combine those. > 2 and 4 differ in that 2 needs a repeat barline at the end

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 2 Feb 2017, at 20:56, David Wright wrote: >> Yes, the idea was to just add "2x" to a repeat with two alternatives. How >> would that look, in your view? > > Isn't there a danger that the "2x" will be seem as merely a redundant > reinforcement of an ordinary

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Feb 2017 at 20:29:49 (+0100), Hans Åberg wrote: > > > On 2 Feb 2017, at 19:35, Chris Yate wrote: > > >> > I'd write and expect to read numbered horizontal brackets for each > >> > alternative, and expect a repeat symbol at the end of any section that > >> >

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 2 Feb 2017, at 19:35, Chris Yate wrote: >> > I'd write and expect to read numbered horizontal brackets for each >> > alternative, and expect a repeat symbol at the end of any section that >> > needed it. >> > >> > Of course you might put labelling like "1, 3", "2",

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Chris Yate
On 2 Feb 2017 5:00 p.m., "Hans Åberg" wrote: > On 2 Feb 2017, at 17:52, Chris Yate wrote: > > Did you mean, how to achieve it in Lilypond, or what is the best engraving practice? > > The latter. > > I'd write and expect to read numbered horizontal

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 2 Feb 2017, at 17:52, Chris Yate wrote: > > Did you mean, how to achieve it in Lilypond, or what is the best engraving > > practice? > > The latter. > > I'd write and expect to read numbered horizontal brackets for each > alternative, and expect a repeat symbol at

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Chris Yate
On 2 Feb 2017 16:49, "Hans Åberg" wrote: > On 2 Feb 2017, at 17:09, Chris Yate wrote: > > Did you mean, how to achieve it in Lilypond, or what is the best engraving practice? The latter. I'd write and expect to read numbered horizontal brackets for

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 2 Feb 2017, at 17:09, Chris Yate wrote: > > Did you mean, how to achieve it in Lilypond, or what is the best engraving > practice? The latter. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Chris Yate
Did you mean, how to achieve it in Lilypond, or what is the best engraving practice? On 2 Feb 2017 15:18, "Hans Åberg" wrote: > When the whole section is repeated when it has alternatives, how is that > normally engraved? Specifically, the section has two alternatives, but

Section repeat

2017-02-02 Thread Hans Åberg
When the whole section is repeated when it has alternatives, how is that normally engraved? Specifically, the section has two alternatives, but is repeated in full. One way is to use Score.repeatCommands for alternatives markup "1. 3" resp "2. 4", but then the "2." does not have a repeat. One