"N. Andrew Walsh" <n.andrew.wa...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi List,
>
> 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?
The usual expedient is to use \repeatTie here. We had a more complete
approach in review already but it was sort of hackish and had a number
of things hardwired that were likely going to end up problematic, and
the discussion did not really lead to a satisfactory resolution.
--
David Kastrup
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