Re: Re; Volta problem

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Jay,

> The 1st ending should be after the tied g2. ~ g and it's not.  What have I 
> got wrong?

Alternative takes a **brace-enclosed** set of [possibly brace-enclosed] 
expressions:

    \alternative { { alt1 } { alt2 } }

Below is your snippet, heavily re-formatted (because I found your version very 
hard to read/follow) — note how

  \alternative { g2. ~ g2.}\breathe {g2.\fermata}

has become

  \alternative { { g2. ~ g2. \breathe } { g2.\fermata } }

which, I believe, gives you what you want.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.

p.s.
> I'm not interested in the midi for it.

Then why include the \midi {} block at all? (I’ve commented it out in my 
revision.)
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\version "2.18.2"

#(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t)
#(set-default-paper-size "letter" )
#(set-global-staff-size 18)

\header {
 title = "Overture- Lully"
}

\paper {
  indent = 30
  short-indent = 15
  right-margin = 30
  top-margin = 15
  bottom-margin = 15
}

voice = \relative c {
  \key f \major
  \time 4/4
  \tempo "Gravement"
  \override Staff.TimeSignature #' style = #' ()
  \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible
  \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-numbers
  \clef bass
  \set Score.skipBars = ##t
  \time 3/4
  \repeat volta 2 {
    \mark #80
    d4 d\downbow a  |
    c d8( c bes a)   |
    bes4.->\downbow a8\upbow g4->\downbow   |
    c, d2->\downbow |
  }
  \alternative { { g2. ~ g2. \breathe } { g2.\fermata } }
  \bar "|."
}

\score {
  \new Staff \voice
  \layout { \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } }
  %\midi { }
}
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Kieren MacMillan, composer
www:  <http://www.kierenmacmillan.info>
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