Thanks David - that's good advice and exactly how I got here. As I said, somewhere along the line I lost the plot. I think you have put your finger on what I have failed to grasp by telling me that only the first \mark statement is being processed and that everything else is "spurious".
________________________________ From: David Wright <[email protected]> Sent: 18 May 2024 18:24 To: Giles Boardman <[email protected]> Cc: Aaron Hill <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Cry for help - lost plot .... On Sat 18 May 2024 at 16:46:43 (+0000), Giles Boardman wrote: > Thanks for getting back to me Aaron and throwing me a rope .... > > I understand the two models you describe. I thought I was going for the > second i.e. a single sequential part, but I want to put each section on a > different line - this will help me enormously with proof-reading. > > What I see in the preview without the score block is just what I want, for > this part of my process - is there no (simple) way to embed it in a score > block to get it into a pdf and also into a midi file? Would each line need to > be its own score with the midi file produced in its own separate block? > > I think my fundamental problem is I don't understand why this, below, isn't > an example of the sequential model (isn't it "one music") - can you tell me > what Lilypond is objecting to? > > \version "2.24.3" > > \score { > > > \mark "ON079-1a-_01" \key c\major \time 9/8 a''8 b''8 a''8 g''4 e''8 d''4 d''8 > \mark "ON079-1a-_02" \key c\major \time 9/8 a'8 a'8 a'8 d''4 d''8 e''8 f''8 > g''8 > \mark "ON079-1a-_03" \key c\major \time 9/8 a''8 b''8 a''8 g''4 e''8 d''4 f''8 > > \layout { } > \midi { } > > } Learning Manual ยง4.1.2 addresses exactly that problem. I would read it through, then start with /their/ scores and work to produce what you want in terms of one-liners. In the example above, the one music consists of \mark "ON079-1a-_01", and everything else is spurious. Cheers, David.
