Re: MIDI export: \partial measure and volta repeats

[Peter Chubb]

>>>>> "Federico" == Federico Bruni <address@hidden> writes:

Federico> Hi, I'm trying to export a lilypond score to MIDI (then I
Federico> want to import it in TuxGuitar).  I have 2 problems:


Federico> 1. the score starts with a partial measure, but the MIDI
Federico> can't understand that...so when I import it in TuxGuitar,
Federico> the notes are not placed correctly in the bars.  There's any
Federico> cool workaround?

MIDI should understand this. But:...

Federico> I know TuxGuitar does not support partial measure.. Maybe I
Federico> should write a score tailored for the midi output (beside
Federico> the one for the PDF output) and substitute \partial with
Federico> some rests.



Federico> 2. the repeats and alternatives are not displayed
Federico> correctly. I've read about this workaround:
Federico> 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/user/lilypond/Repeats-in-MIDI#Repeats-in-MIDI

\unfoldRepeats will still work.

Do like this:

\score {
    \unfoldRepeats <<
        \context Staff << 
                what you had before
        >>
    \midi {
    }
}

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