On Tuesday, 2 February 1999, Peter Chubb writes:
>
> Hi,
> I want to write some music that has the structure:
>
> Intro
> \repeat 4 { Chorus [first-ending] verse }
> fifth-ending final
>
> The obvious:
>
> \repeat 4 { Chorus \alternative{{first-ending}{}} verse}
> \alternative{{}{fifth-ending}}
> final
>
> doesn't work.
>
> And the (logically correct but ugly)
>
> \repeat 4 {Chorus}
> \alternative {{first-ending verse}{fifth ending}}
> final
>
> is very ugly, because the volta bracket keeps going for so
> long.
Hmm, this looks like what i'd call a nasty goto 'da segno al coda' to me:
% (Segno) Coda
|: chorus | first | verse :| fifth-ending | final
(4x)da % al Coda
am i right?
Although lily cannot understand this kind of thing, how would you
like to have this typeset? I'm familiar with the layout i presented
above, but i've never seen an alternative section identified by a
volta bracket in the middle a repeated piece of music, like you seem
to suggest?
Could you draw something up in ascii, like i did above?
Jan.
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
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