Re: \unfoldRepeats

[Aaron Hill]

On 2020-10-27 12:34 pm, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> Le 27/10/2020 à 20:08, Marc Shepherd a écrit :
>
> > According to the documentation, the default behavior of the MIDI block 
> > is not to “unfold” repeats (other than those that are explicitly 
> > \repeat unfold). If you want repeats unfolded inside of a MIDI block, 
> > you have to requote the music within the MIDI block, nested inside of 
> > an \unfoldRepeatsblock.
> >
> > Any idea why that was chosen as the default behavior? When composers 
> > write a repeat, they usually expect it to be performed. I would have 
> > thought that automatically unfolding would be the more logical 
> > default.
> >
> > -- Marc Shepherd
>
> Hello,
>
> I believe this is just for technical reasons -- currently
> there is no proper way to create volta repeats that are
> automatically unfolded in MIDI. If that became possible in
> the future, it would certainly be the default.

To add to this, even with \unfoldRepeats, LilyPond cannot obey other 
instructions to "da capo" or "dal segno al coda".  Users who want the 
MIDI to be accurate will have to manually rejuggle their music anyway.


-- Aaron Hill