Re: \volta \alternative and \( .. \)

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno gio 17 mar 2016 alle 9:17, N. Andrew Walsh 
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> I'm working on a short song, which repeats three times and has 
> alternate endings. However, the music has a phrasing slur that should 
> extend into the alternate ending. This works fine for endings 1 and 2 
> (ie, the first of two \alternative expressions), but the second does 
> not, and I get an error in the log that it "cannot end phrasing slur".
>
> Here's an MWE to show what I mean:
>
> \version "2.19.36"
>
> \relative c'' {
>   \repeat volta 3 {
>     \repeat unfold 3 {
>       a a a a }
>     a2 a\(
>   }
>     \alternative {
>       { a\) r | }
>       { a4\) r r b | }
>     }
>     c d e a, | a1 |
>   }
>
> Is there a way to have a courtesy phrasing slur end on that second 
> alternative ending?

Why don't you use \repeatTie for the second alternative? I know that 
you want a slur but, visually, it's basically the same.

There's no built-in command for repeating other spanners.
Checkout this open issue:
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/2884/