Your first assessment solved the problem...it was all in how I looked at what I was trying to accomplish. The example in the wiki/docs implied that I needed the \volta statements, and that the first alternate was where the bulk of the song was supposed to be.
Thanks, Valentin! On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:42 AM Valentin Petzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jeff, > > If I were to reduce what you are doing we’d have something like this > > \relative c'' { > R1*4 \bar "||" > \repeat segno 2 { > \alternative { > { R1*4 } > { > \section > \sectionLabel "Coda" > } > } > } > > % Coda > R1*4 > } > > So you are basically telling Lilypond: After some measures we have a > segno, > then the first time we play this part, then we jump back to the segno, but > skipt the whole repeat part and directly jump to the coda, which Lilypond > correctly indicates by putting a volta bracket over the whole thing > (actually > you are almost asking for the volta bracket by manually specifying \volta > 1). > I suppose what you actually want to say is: > > After some measures we have a segno, then we have the repeat part, at the > end > we jump back to segno, repeat the repeat part and then jump to coda, which > would be done like this: > > \relative c'' { > R1*4 \bar "||" > \repeat segno 2 { > R1*4 > \alternative { > { } > { > \section > \sectionLabel "Coda" > % Coda > R1*4 > } > } > } > } > > Alternatively if you want to have: After some measures put a segno, play > the > repeat part, jump back to segno, play only part of the repeat part and > jump to > coda you’d do: > > \relative c'' { > R1*4 \bar "||" > \repeat segno 2 { > R1*2 > \alternative { > { R1*2 } > { > \section > \sectionLabel "Coda" > % Coda > R1*4 > } > } > } > } > > The marks used for the segnos and codas and dal segnos and poi la codas > and > stuff can be set to whatever you want. > > Cheers, > Valentin > > Am Montag, 16. Jänner 2023, 07:50:04 CET schrieb Jeff Kopmanis: > > I'm using lilypond 2.24.0, and am having a problem that I can't identify > > with a \repeat segno structure. I've enclosed the .ly and .pdf files. > It > > compiles cleanly, and displays mostly correct, but there's a curious "1st > > ending" (a volta spanner?) that appears, and I can't figure out where > it's > > coming from. I've run the \repeat segno sample code from the docs and it > > doesn't behave this way, but with my score, it does it without fail. > I've > > attached the resultant PDF to illustrate this 1st ending that lasts until > > the coda. I found the example big band score code online and it seemed > > pretty straight-forward, and without the \repeat segno structures, it > works > > fine, so there's some option that's defaulting, or something extra that's > > missing to produce this odd behavior. > > > > I'm at a loss at what's causing this. Help! > > > > -Jeff. :) > > -- *Jeff Kopmanis* Medium: https://kopmanis.medium.com GLAAC: https://www.glaac.org/ University Lowbrow Astronomers: http://umich.edu/~lowbrows Orange Can Astronomy: https://www.facebook.com/orangecanastronomy/ ** Go Green and leave this email on the Screen! **
