Re: confused about segno sign, Fine and D.S. al Fine and generating correct midi output

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi Valentin;

  I feel too honored to be mistaken for Kieren :-)

  Thank you so much for the "Jump" code; it is very interesting.

  The details are ***WAY*** beyond my understanding, but it looks very
useful and usable.

  I will experiment with it.

  Is there a possibility that the next release of Lilypond would have
such functionality built-in?

Thanks,
Ken

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 5:27 AM Valentin Petzel <valentin@petzel.at> wrote:
>
> Hello Kieren, that seems to be correct.
>
> One could also try something like this.
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin
>
> Am Samstag, 22. Jänner 2022, 03:22:42 CET schrieb Kenneth Wolcott:
> > Hi;
> >
> >   I have a piece of music from which I am engraving that confuses me.
> >
> >   At bar #13 there is the Segno sign.
> >
> >   At the end of bar #20 there is a "Fine".
> >
> >   At the end of the piece (bar #37) there is a "D.S. al Fine".
> >
> >   I'd like to have Lilypond generate midi output that would match this
> > intent.
> >
> >   Does this mean:
> >   Play all the way through; then start at the Segno and continue until the
> > Fine?
> >
> > I think that's what it means.
> >
> > So I need to have bar #1 to bar #12 in one macro;
> > bar #13 through bar #20 in a second macro;
> > and the third macro would contain bars 21-33.
> >
> > Then I need "M_one", "M_two", "M_three", followed by "M_two" to
> > implement this in the midi score section.
> >
> > Is that correct?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott