Re: Repeat with Alternative on First Time

[David Wright]

On Wed 25 Nov 2015 at 14:41:57 (+0100), Robert Schmaus wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> this is actually covered in the Notation Reference, more precisely,
> right there:
> 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/long-repeats#manual-repeat-marks

I disagree. What's missing is the notation to cover this bit of the
OP's structure:

<common part verse> [1. <1st alt> ] [2.-3. <2nd/3rd alts>] <chorus>
                                                      ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑

ie indicating where the chorus starts. Unfortunately the solution is a
bit of a hack. IIRC the most flexible way of ameliorating the hack is:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-10/msg00460.html

Cheers,
David.