> From: Mojca Miklavec <[email protected]>
> Subject: Beginner's questions about long repeats & MIDI files
> Hi,
>
> I have some simple beginner's questions about different aspects of
> repeats, mostly from the perspective of creating proper MIDI files.
>
> 1.) Let's assume that the song has one of the following patterns
>
> Intro-A1-A2-B1-B2-A1-A2-A3
>
> Intro-A1-A2-B1-B2-A1-A2-B1-B3
>
> A1 = part A with the first ending
> B3 = part B with the third ending etc.
>
> Can the song be written in such a way that one could get the proper
> engraving & the proper midi file at the same time (in particular for
> the second example which is easier)?
>
I generally use tags to distinguish content between PDF and MIDI.
Generally, this includes things like trills, breath marks and fermatas.
While your approach seems reasonable, a tag approach could look like:
\version "2.19.15"
melodyIntro = { a'1 1 1 1 }
melodyA = { b'1 1 1 }
melodyAI = { c'1 }
melodyAII = { d'1 }
melodyB = { e'1 1 1 }
melodyBI = { f'1 }
melodyBII = { g'1 }
melody = {
\melodyIntro
\repeat volta 2 { \melodyA }
\alternative {
{ \melodyAI }
{ \tag #'MIDI { \melodyA } \melodyAII }
}
\repeat volta 2 { \melodyB }
\alternative {
{ \melodyBI }
{ \tag #'MIDI { \melodyB } \melodyBII }
}
}
\score {
\header { piece = "PDF Version" }
<<
\keepWithTag #'(PDF) \melody
>>
\layout {}
}
\score {
\header { piece = "MIDI Version" }
<<
\keepWithTag #'(MIDI) \melody
>>
\midi {}
% You can print this MIDI version to validate on paper,
% just ignore the repeat signs and endings.
\layout {}
}
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