Re: What's the least input into a score to get midi output added?

[Bec and John]

Hi Jim,

I just tried the "Notes only" template and got an error that I commonly get when I copy and paste from the Lilypond manual - it doesn't like the " ’ " character that is in the manual. I have to manually delete them and reinsert " ' ". Then it typesets fine. Below is the "Notes only" template with the modification, which works fine on my installation of Lilypond 2.7.3 on OS 10.4.

\version "2.6.0"

melody = \relative c'

{

    \clef treble

    \key c \major

    \time 4/4

    a4 b c d

}

\score

{

    \new Staff \melody

    \layout

    {

       

    }

    \midi { \tempo 4=60 }

}

- John

When I copy and paste from the first template example and then copy and paste my chosen notes I get

error: syntax error, unexpected STRING

\new Staff

          \melody

When I delete those parts I get

A lovely pdf file no error messages and no midi even though I now have at the end

\score {

\layout { }

\midi { \tempo 4=60 }

}

So the example template in this instance does not seem to work at I expect.  Which is why I asked- what's the minimum?

Jay