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Phil,
Thank you for your suggestion. I'm very
reluctant to take up forum message space with large chunks of my testfile
code. I can do it if you'd like. But I think I might be able to do
something similar to what you proposed by using the standard volta and
alternative by (1) including the final phrase in the melody in the \alternative
ending, and (2) using \markup to change the tempo of that alternative
ending. Will give that solution a try. And in any event, the
standard volta/alternative with upbeat note appears to be one of the many
variations of the melody. So, thank you so very much again for your kind
help.
Very best regards,
Ken
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: Repeat alternative includes
a tempo change
Ken,
It's difficult to be definitive with advice when
wee can't use your code since it doesn't compile as supplied. However,
my temptation would be simply to mark the repeat "Repeat 4 times" unless it's
obvious from the lyrics, and mark the tempo change "4th repeat
only".
--
Phil Holmes
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 1:31
PM
Subject: Re: Repeat alternative
includes a tempo change
Mike:
Thank you very much for your helpful
advice. My problem is really how to code the final verse of my
four-verse 'learning' melody. I've diagrammed below how I think I'll
have to code the melody, but I'm wondering if there's a different, less
complicated, way to go about doing it.
\melody
%% ( for verses 1, 2, 3 only
)
stanza1, stanza 2
\repeat volta 3
{ stanza 3, stanza 4 }
%% ( then continue notation for final verse 4
)
stanza 1, stanza 2 %%
(first two stanzas of verse 4 are played at same tempo as for verses
1, 2, 3 )
\repeat volta
{ \markup tempo
= "slower, sadly"
stanza 3, stanza 4
}
\alternative %% ( use
for the octave upbeat on final note of melody )
{ d'2~d2\fermata
}
\bar " || "
In other words, it seems to me that
I'll have to code a volta for three verses, then another volta for the
fourth verse, with an alternate ending for the last notes of the final
stanza.
Thank you again for taking the time to help
me.
Very best regards,
Ken
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 1:11
AM
Subject: Re: Repeat alternative
includes a tempo change
On May 5, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Ken Smith wrote:
I'm new to LilyPond (v2.12.3) and to music
notation in general, so I'm just a tad beyond the starting point on
LilyPond's learning curve. I'm scratching my head now as to how to
write the repeats in my learning testfile, "Podmoskovnye Vechera",
(Moscow Nights). The melody has four verses, each verse has two
couplets (i.e., four stanzas per verse), with the second couplet
repeated in each of the four verses. The repeats for the
first three verses are identical, but the repeat for the final verse
includes a tempo change (slower, sadly) with an octave upbeat at the
end. I'm only coding the melody line for now; here's the code I've
been using (time = 2/4):
\bar "|:"
\repeat volta 4
%% notation shows repeat for verses 1, 2, 3,
only
{
b4 cis4
e8 d8 a4~a8
e4 d8 \mbreak %%
\mbreak defined in my '%% Definitions' block
a'8. g16 bes4~bes4
c8 bes8
a4 g8 f8
}
\alternative
%% notation shows repeat for verse
4
{
{a4 g8 f8 d2 }
{ d'2~d2\fermata }
}
\bar "||"
To get it right (volta showing verses 1 -
4, alternative showing verse 4 only) will I need to code the final
couplet of verse 4 into \alternative? Or is there a better, more
professional way to do it?
Generally, alternative endings start on the first full measure during
which a repeated section diverges. It sounds like the solution would
be to back the beginning of the alternative up one measure so that the
changed upbeat can be part of the alternative.
Cheers,
MS
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