Re: question: volta + dynamics

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Friday 12 March 2004 01:48, Edward Sanford Sutton, III wrote:
> On Wednesday March 10 2004 12:23, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> > On Saturday 06 March 2004 02:53, Edward Sanford Sutton, III wrote:
> > >   Is there a preferred way to have two different dynamics in a
> > > section of music to indicate that it is played at one level the
> > > first time and at the next level the second time?
> >
> > fp is common, and I've seen pf.  I've never seen f-p.
>
> fp to me implies that the note have a strong attack, followed by
> immediately pulling back the intensity.

That's <sfz> sforzando.  fp is forte first time, p second time.

> > Use markup, and make a separate midi version without the volte. 
> > That's really the only way to do any fine tuning of the midi.  Midi
> > is in LilyPond only to check for errors.  The GODs are not going to
> > go any further, but I don't think that they would mind if someone
> > else did.
> >
> > A lily2midge converter might be the way to go with that.  daveA
>
> I personally hope that I can get back into programming this summer a
> bit; This is one idea I have for a project I might take up. LilyPond
> does so good with sheet music output; it is a very helpful tool to
> proofread a document by syntax, output, and even aurally. Listening
> to output has helped me find wrong notes quite well, but that is
> about as far as I find I can use it without more precise output.

Midge is a midi creator that makes midi files from a text file.  The
syntax is completely different, but it is a GNU project.  It is
newer than lilypond, but it has more controls of the midi.  It
seems to me that it would be good to have a way to use them both
at once.  daveA

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