I sort of forgot to include my example… '-_-
2016-02-24 11:34 GMT-05:00 Pierre-Luc Gauthier <[email protected]>:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm going through my LilyPond testing folder.
>
> And there is this situation I never quite resolved.
>
> I love the fact that I can centralize the structure of a song into a
> single variable.
>
> e.g.
>
> structure = {
> \key a \major
> \time 4/4
> \tempo 4=112
> s1 |
> \repeat volta 2 {
> s1 |
> }
> s2. s4\fermata |
> \bar "|."
> }
>
> I found it has many advantages :
> Everything that is common to everybody *is* and should be in that variable.
>
> Well, most everything:
> My problem is with volta.
>
> The cool thing though is that it gets correctly displayed.
> The problem arrise when \unfoldRepeat is used in the midi score.
> Then the structure get unfolded but not the music.
>
> Volta (well in most songs anyway) are something that relates to every
> body in the band.
> Therefore it should not be repeated in every musical expression.
>
> Say you have a 20 piece orchestra and you want to repeat a section 4
> times instead of 2.
> Should you go and change all those 20 2s to 4s ?
>
> Maybe my approach is wrong.
> Is there another way to go about centralizing everything in a single variable.
>
> It is something I want to optimize in my workflow
> by not having to maintain different parts of a song that should
> actually be the same throughout.
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Have a good day
> --
> Pierre-Luc Gauthier
--
Pierre-Luc Gauthier
\version "2.18.2"
\language "english"
\header {
title = \markup {\smallCaps "unfold the music"}
subtitle = \markup {\italic "(Y U No)"}
}
structure = {
\key a \major
\time 4/4
\tempo 4=112
s1 |
\repeat volta 2 {
s1 |
}
s2. s4\fermata |
\bar "|."
}
music = \relative c' {
cs4 d e fs |
gs a b cs |
d e fs gs |
}
scoreContent = {
\new Staff \new Voice << \structure \music >>
}
\score {
\header {
piece = "Correctly displayed"
}
\scoreContent
\layout { }
}
\score {
\header {
piece = "Partialy unfolded"
}
\unfoldRepeats
\scoreContent
\layout {}
\midi {}
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