Re: New User Questions

[Matthew Collett]

On 23/11/2011, at 12:18 pm, Brandon Pisani wrote:

> Second, and here's the rub, I'm trying to put this piece of music 
> (http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/06/ble.htm) into the program using 
> the code after the signature on this message.  What I'm running into: without 
> the \bar "|" there's no bar between the new time signature and the rest of 
> the music. If I put in bar checks, I get errors. 

How is the counting supposed to proceed at the end of the repeated section?  

Lilypond wants to finish the 6/4 bar that you are 4 crotchets into.  If that is 
also what you want, then just change to 4/4 four beats earlier than you are 
(i.e. at the end of a full bar of 6/4).

If you want to throw away the two remaining crotchets in that bar and start 
with a fresh bar of 6/4, then you will have to engage in some trickery to make 
Lilypond play along:

 \repeat volta 2 {
 c'4 b8 a g4 c c c c b8 c d4 e d c d e 
 \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4 4) d2~ d 
 }
 \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 4)

If you want to prolong the final note of the repeat to fill out the full bar, 
use alternate endings.  Unfortunately, the same trickery is still required - in 
this case Lilypond ought to be able to figure out the need for partial bars 
itself, but currently it needs help to do so: 

 \repeat volta 2 {
 c'4 b8 a g4 c c c c b8 c d4 e d c d e 
\alternative {
   { 
   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4 4) d2~ d 
   }
   { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 6 4) d1. }
  }
 }

Best wishes,
Matthew