On May 5, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Ken Smith wrote:
> I'm new to LilyPond (v2.12.3) and to music notation in general, so I'm just a
> tad beyond the starting point on LilyPond's learning curve. I'm scratching
> my head now as to how to write the repeats in my learning testfile,
> "Podmoskovnye Vechera", (Moscow Nights). The melody has four verses, each
> verse has two couplets (i.e., four stanzas per verse), with the second
> couplet repeated in each of the four verses. The repeats for the first three
> verses are identical, but the repeat for the final verse includes a tempo
> change (slower, sadly) with an octave upbeat at the end. I'm only coding the
> melody line for now; here's the code I've been using (time = 2/4):
>
> \bar "|:"
> \repeat volta 4 %% notation shows repeat for verses 1, 2,
> 3, only
> {
> b4 cis4
> e8 d8 a4~a8
> e4 d8 \mbreak %% \mbreak defined in my '%% Definitions'
> block
> a'8. g16 bes4~bes4
> c8 bes8
> a4 g8 f8
> }
> \alternative %% notation shows repeat for verse 4
> {
> {a4 g8 f8 d2 }
> { d'2~d2\fermata }
> }
> \bar "||"
>
> To get it right (volta showing verses 1 - 4, alternative showing verse 4
> only) will I need to code the final couplet of verse 4 into \alternative? Or
> is there a better, more professional way to do it?
>
Generally, alternative endings start on the first full measure during which a
repeated section diverges. It sounds like the solution would be to back the
beginning of the alternative up one measure so that the changed upbeat can be
part of the alternative.
Cheers,
MS
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