Re: Volta Alternatives (music theory)

[Jacques Menu Muzhic]

Hello Joe,

You talk of a third repetition, but show 1, 2, and 5...

Sorry, no idea what you’re after!

JM

> Le 24 nov. 2017 à 21:14, Joe Davenport <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Another basic question to fill the vaults... I like to work with alternative 
> endings for repeats, i.e.
> 
> \repeat volta 2 
> 
> \alternative { }
> 
> where alternative is two endings matched with the repeat number (i'll explain 
> why):
> 
> \alternatives {
> {do re do me do }
> { mi re do }
> }
> 
> I want "volta 2," repeats because it works and the third repetition does not 
> occur until the ENTIRE score has been read- all the way through. My thinking 
> is to engrave it as something like this:
> 
> C: .. . . . .. .  |__1___| |___2,5___|
> 
> My theory isn't what it could be. Do I need a dal signo? My thinking is that 
> I do, at the end, with a coda at the starting point and a sign on the ending 
> I wish to repeat! Hopefully this was easy to read. I'm trying to emulate a 
> simplicity to music and thought I'd share this to hear something on a 
> technical level. 
> 
> Thank you. 
> 
> -- 
> Joseph Davenport
> 
> _______________________________________________
> lilypond-user mailing list
> address@hidden
> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user