Re: Suppress Volta Starting Repeat

[Aaron Hill]

On 2019-08-26 12:28 pm, keith Luke wrote:
>  I would like to suppress the repeat sign in the measure preceding the
> first ending.

You should be able to explicitly specify the bar line using the \bar 
command:

%%%%
  \repeat volta 2 { \bar "|" g1~ }
%%%%

But the question I have is: why would you want to do this?  Without the 
repeat start sign, how is the performer to know where to go back after 
the first volta?  The only time I know such an indicator can be omitted 
is the very beginning of a piece, but your \repeat section does not 
begin the score.

The real solution is to use the \repeat command precisely at the moment 
when the repeated section of music begins.  Then there is no need to 
suppress anything, and your syntax will accurately reflect the musical 
content.


-- Aaron Hill