Re: Still struggling to understand Lilypond 2.23.10 segno repeats

[Kenneth Wolcott]

HI Jean;

  As always, thank you very much for this help.

  I saw the documentation that you pointed out already, but I just
couldn't seem to grasp how to apply it to my situation.  Sometimes I
think the documentation is too "MWE" :-)

  I will study this and try to understand it to the point where I can
apply it to the other pieces that I have which these kinds of repeats
without having spoon-feeding assistance.

Thanks,
Ken

On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 2:03 PM Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
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>
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> Le 23/07/2022 à 03:48, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit :
> > Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight.pdf
> > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/17JcvzHc9RVLfJk_54oNRl0QqXO7QpT-U/view?usp=drive_web>
> > Hi;
> >
> >   I have a piece of music ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") which I am
> > trying to engrave using Lilypond 2.23.10.
> >
> >   I have (mostly) succeeded in engraving this with Lilypond 2.22.2,
> > but the many directives regarding the Coda and DS look awful.
> >
> > So, I tried using the \repeat segno feature, which almost looks
> > correct, but I have problems understanding how to glue in the Coda
> > part (is that like a volta?).
> >
> > Could someone clue me in on the Lilypond syntax that I am missing so
> > that the pdf looks right and the midi sounds right?
>
> Kenneth,
>
> There is an example with an al coda repeat here:
>
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/long-repeats.html#segno-repeat-structure
>
> The syntax is
>
> \repeat segno 2 {
>    <repeated part>
>    \alternative {
>      \volta 1 {
>        <only first time; al coda is just before here>
>      }
>      \volta 2 \volta #'() {
>        \section
>        \sectionLabel Coda
>      }
>    }
>    <coda part>
> }
>
> Attached is your file amended to use this syntax.
>
> Best,
> Jean
>