Re: Is it possible to put alternatives inside repeats?

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Thanks Simon, for your reply.

Joe ;)


On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 20:40:01 +0100
Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello anonymous guy (or gal…),
> 
> 
> On 09.12.2016 10:22, list_lilypond wrote:
> > inside the repeat there are alternatives.
> >
> > As normally the \alternative{} syntax is put outside the \repeat{},
> > I really wonder whether this is possible at all.
> > If possible in some other way, could someone please be so kind to
> > point out how to repeat with embedded alternatives without
> > rewriting all?
> 
> The available implementation of \repeat doesn’t allow any other use
> of \alternative than immediately _after_ the repeated expression. So
> it seems you’ll have to either
> 
> – split the repeat up into several repeats (and relocate stuff so
> that the alternative at the beginning becomes an alternative at the
> end – write it out entirely – that might really reduce confusion for
> the reader, except in Reich-esque pattern music,
> – or fake the appearance by setting the context property
> repeatCommands. There is an example in 
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/repeats#repeats-volta-text-markup-using-repeatcommands>.
>  
> So you can do something like the attached. I’d advise to close the
> volta brackets for the 2. alternatives _inside_ the repeat, but I
> don’t know how. Anyone?
> 
> Best, Simon
> 
>