Jean, Ahh... of course. I had forgotten that LilyPond doesn't require the braces for a single note, but does for anything more. Thank you! Mark
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 3:17 PM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote: > Le 22/01/2023 à 21:05, Mark Mathias a écrit : > > I'm not seeing a post from anyone else exactly on this issue, so... > > > > I like the new repeat structure: > > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/long-repeats#segno-repeat-structure > > > > The example works with the whole note after volta 1, but if you add > > more notes, change the rhythm, etc., the pdf doesn't display properly > > and MIDI generates a warning and doesn't execute the repeat properly. > > If you put curly brackets around the volta 1 section the problem > > disappears. > > > > Is this a bug, or am I missing something (as usual). > > > > To explain it by analogy, it's as if you had written > > { > \transpose c' d' > a b c' d' e' f' g' > } > > and expected \transpose to transpose everything after it. > That's not how it works. Unlike things like \clef and \time, > commands like \transpose, \repeat and \volta apply to > a music argument, so you need to write > > { > \transpose c' d' { > a b c' d' e' f' g' > } > } > > > If you don't put the braces in > > \volta 1 a4 a a a > > it's as if you had written > > > \volta 1 { > a4 > } > a a a > > > The notes after the first one are not included in the argument > to \volta, and thus not part of the volta, which makes LilyPond > legitimately confused. > > Regards, > Jean > >
