Re: repeat ottava

[David Kastrup]

Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> writes:

>>> I have a fragment that needs to be repeated twice with alternate ending
> and
>>> the second time one octave higher. The following is an example that would
>>> be ok...
> [....]
>> Let's just cheat.
>>
>> \version "2.19.52"
>>
>> \score {
>>   {
>>     \mark "2nd time 8va"
>>     \repeat volta 2 {c' d' e' f'}
>>     \alternative {{a a a a}{\transposition c'' b b b b \transposition c'}}
>>   }
>>   \layout {}
>>   \midi {}
>> }
>
> :))))
>
> It works with the alternative  - b b b b - that gets correctly transposed
> but it doesn't with the repeat body - c' d' e' f'  -. Do I miss anything?

Well, this was more a sketch of the functionality to use than a sane
proposal.  If you are going to use \expandRepeats, you'll likely want to
order this as

\score {
  {
    \mark "2nd time 8va"
    \repeat volta 2 {c' d' e' f'}
    \alternative {{a a a a \transposition c''}{b b b b \transposition c'}}
  }
  \layout {}
  \midi {}
}

instead, namely setting up the "transposition" for the next repeat at
the end of the preceding alternative.

-- 
David Kastrup