Re: articulate

[Knute Snortum]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 10:37 AM Ken & Thu Huong <kenthuhuong@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, LilyPond friends,
>
> We are new to this game... hope we're doing things right here? ...but in any 
> case, we have a problem.
>
> Attached please find these minimal – ! – files:
>
>     (1) source / pdf / mid without using articulate
>
>     (2) source / pdf / mid with using articulate
>
> Note the pdf / mid output in (2):  gratuitous / extraneous rests, and no 
> evidence (that we see or hear!?) of rit. being applied.
>
> Have we set this up right? wrong? what should we expect to see and hear? how 
> to do it right???  :-)
>
> We believe we have done our homework!...? ...having read / studied everything 
> we have been able to find about articulate.
>
> There ‘tis!  Hope someone can help with this?
>
> Thanks much, and best from us,
>
> - Ken & Thu Huong & Carlton

You need to put your "music" (notes and such) into a variable, then
use that variable in both a MIDI score and a "layout" score:

%%%
\version "2.22.0"

\include "articulate.ly"

theMusic = \relative {
  e'_\markup { \italic {rit.} } d' c b a g d g fis
}

\score {
  \articulate <<
    \theMusic
  >>

\midi { }

}

\score {
  \theMusic
  \layout {}
}
%%%

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Knute Snortum