Re: Problem with Repeats and Alternatives

[Ralph Palmer]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 7:22 PM John Helly <hellyj@ucsd.edu> wrote:

Aloha.

I've not used LP for a while but in coming back to it I've been struggling with repeats and find that this 'preferred syntax' does not seem to work in that it produces:

Starting lilypond 2.20.0 [test2.ly]...

Processing `/Volumes/Pegasus32R6/Music-100/Music-Lilypond/Songs/Our-Shangri-La/test2.ly'

Parsing...

/Volumes/Pegasus32R6/Music-100/Music-Lilypond/Songs/Our-Shangri-La/test2.ly:6:10: error: syntax error, unexpected \alternative

...

\version "2.20.0"
{
\fixed c'' {
       \repeat volta 6 {
         c4 d e f
         \alternative {
           \volta 1,2,3 { c2 e }
           \volta 4,5 { f2 d }
           \volta 6 { e2 f }
} }
c1 }
}

However, the old style of specifying \alternative does seem to work. Am I doing something wrong here?

Mahalo.
J.-

John Helly, University of California, San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer Center / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / 760 840 8660 mobile / http://www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-0603

Running under 2.23.6, I see no problem. Have you tried anything later than 2.20.0?

All the best,

Ralph

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