Re: lilypond bug in version 2.6.3

[Mats Bengtsson]

Patrick Yacono wrote:

> Hello,
> I am writing to report a bug in my copy of Lilypond version 2.6.3.  I am
> writing an orchestral score and using the "RemoveEmptyStaff" feature
> to suppress the printing of empty staves.  About halfway through the 
> piece
> there is a repeat with first and second endings, during which time the
> flute (which has the top staff in the score) does not play.  As expected,
> the flute line's empty staff is not printed.  The problem is that the
> bracketed 1 and 2 (showing the first and second endings) are not printed
> either, presumably because they are somehow attached to the flute part.
> I see the repeat signs fine, and the double bar at the end of the 
> second ending fine,
> but there is nothing to indicate that there are first and second endings.
This problem has been reported a long time ago. A workaround is to manually
include a
\set Staff.voltaOnThisStaff = ##t
in the part that will appear at the top of the score at the repeat and then
set it back to false when the flute part comes back.

> Another issue that I have not seen addressed anywhere (maybe I haven't 
> been
> looking in the right places) is how to indicate tempo markings such as
> "Allegro" or "Andante" in such a way that they appear only once at the 
> top of
> the score, and can also appear at the beginning of every part when the 
> parts
> are printed out individually.  There are myriad options for title, 
> subtitle, piece,
> etc., but nothing for tempo.  I can simply work around it by adjusting 
> the
> code for the individual parts - inserting the tempo information when I 
> print each
> part, but including it only once in the flute part when I print out the
> full score - but it seems as though there should be an easier way 
> around it.

The simplest is to use
\mark "Allegro"
or
\mark \markup{\bold Allegro }
which will only appear on the top of the score. However, the hint from 
an earlier
answer to include such common settings in a separate identifier may 
still be a
good idea:

tempomarks = {\mark "Allegro" \skip 1*24
 \mark "Andante" \skip 1*32
 ...
}

Then you can do
\score{
 \new Staff << \tempomarks \flute >>
 \new Staff \oboe 
 ...
}
for the full score and
\score{
 \new Staff << \tempmarks \oboe >>
}
for the instrumental parts.

  /Mats