Re: MIDI dynamics doesn't apply to multi-voice measures

[Carl Sorensen]

On 10/29/11 8:09 AM, "Pavel Roskin" <address@hidden> wrote:

>Quoting Keith OHara <address@hidden>:
>
>> Pavel Roskin <proski <at> gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> I'm trying to change relative loudness on the melody and the
>>> accompaniment, by it turn out the MIDI dynamics doesn't apply to the
>>> measures that have multiple voices.
>>
>> You now need to put some dynamic mark at the start of every voice,
>> not just the start of every staff.
>
>I tried adding dynamic marks in the first multi-voice measures for the
>left and the right hand, but it's not enough.  I'm afraid I'll need
>them in every measure.  Also, I'll need to make them transparent, or
>the score would be hard to read.  It's easier for me to edit the
>resulting MIDI-file.

You're probably using the << \\ >> construct.  This creates temporary
voices.

Please try with explicitly instantiated voices, as shown in section 3.2.2
of the Notation Reference:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/learning/explicitly-instantiati
ng-voices


HTH,

Carl
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