Re: Repeat alternative count

[Dan Eble]

On Aug 29, 2020, at 10:06, Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmillan@sympatico.ca> 
wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>> On Aug 29, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Aaron Hill <lilypond@hillvisions.com> wrote:
>> 
>> %%%%
>> \repeat volta 5 {
>> ...
>> }
>> \alternative 1,3 {
>> ...
>> }
>> \alternative 2,4,5 {
>> ...
>> }
>> %%%%
> 
> That's pretty nice.
> 
> K.

Considering trying not to stray too far from the current syntax, what's your 
opinion of this?

    \repeat volta 5 {
      …
    } \alternative {
      \volta 1,3 { … }
      \volta 2,4,5 { … }
    }

Would you mind being limited to all-or-none use of \volta within a given 
\alternative{}?

Even with \volta on all elements, would you want to be able to leave some volta 
numbers implied, or would you prefer to have LilyPond draw your attention to 
the omission?  Example:

    \repeat volta 10 {
      …
    } \alternative {
      \volta 1,3,9 { … } % 1, 3-4, 9-10
      \volta 2,5 { … }   % 2, 5-8
    }

Regards,
— 
Dan