Re: Global volta and midi

[Pierre-Luc Gauthier]

I sort of forgot to include my example… '-_-

2016-02-24 11:34 GMT-05:00 Pierre-Luc Gauthier <address@hidden>:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm going through my LilyPond testing folder.
>
> And there is this situation I never quite resolved.
>
> I love the fact that I can centralize the structure of a song into a
> single variable.
>
> e.g.
>
> structure = {
>   \key a \major
>   \time 4/4
>   \tempo 4=112
>   s1 |
>   \repeat volta 2 {
>     s1 |
>   }
>   s2. s4\fermata |
>   \bar "|."
> }
>
> I found it has many advantages :
> Everything that is common to everybody *is* and should be in that variable.
>
> Well, most everything:
> My problem is with volta.
>
> The cool thing though is that it gets correctly displayed.
> The problem arrise when \unfoldRepeat is used in the midi score.
> Then the structure get unfolded but not the music.
>
> Volta (well in most songs anyway) are something that relates to every
> body in the band.
> Therefore it should not be repeated in every musical expression.
>
> Say you have a 20 piece orchestra and you want to repeat a section 4
> times instead of 2.
> Should you go and change all those 20 2s to 4s ?
>
> Maybe my approach is wrong.
> Is there another way to go about centralizing everything in a single variable.
>
> It is something I want to optimize in my workflow
> by not having to maintain different parts of a song that should
> actually be the same throughout.
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Have a good day
> --
> Pierre-Luc Gauthier



-- 
Pierre-Luc Gauthier

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