Re: cannot find start of piano pedal: `Sustain'

[Jim Cline]

Hi Eef, thanks for that solution.  regards, Jim


On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Eef Weenink wrote:

> \version "2.20.0"
>
> upper = \relative c'' {
>  \clef treble
>  r2. \hideStaffSwitch\change Staff = "lower" r4*1/2 s8  |
> }
>
> lower = \relative c {
>  \clef bass
>  b8 ees, aes c, b  ees'   \showStaffSwitch\change Staff = "upper"  aes ees' |
> }
>
> \score {
>  \new PianoStaff <<
>    \new Staff = "upper" \upper
>    \new Staff = "lower" \lower
>    
>    % Pedal indications may be placed in a Dynamics context, which aligns them 
> on a horizontal
> line.
>    %see https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/notation/piano
>     \new Dynamics {
>     s4 s s8  \sustainOn
>     s4 s4  \sustainOff |
>   }
>  >>
>   \midi { }
>     \layout { } % I have put layout in, so I would see something in the PDF. 
> }
>
>
>
>
>       Op 4 aug. 2022, om 20:23 heeft Jim Cline <jcline@physics.mcgill.ca> het 
> volgende
>       geschreven:
>
> p.s.  Isn't it also weird that the pedal-off symbol is not horizontally aligned 
> with the
> pedal-on symbol?
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Jim Cline wrote:
>
>       I have a score where the sustain starts in the voice in the bass clef, and
>       ends after the voice crosses into the treble clef.  It compiles but with a
>       warning:  cannot find start of piano pedal: `Sustain', with respect to the
>       sustainOff.  The warning goes away if I comment out midi{}.  However it 
> would
>       be nice to understand what is giving rise to the problem.  I tried 
> keeping the
>       sustainOff in the bass clef, despite the voice crossing, but this did not
>       help.
>
>       Here is the measure in question:
>
>       \version "2.20.0"
>
>       upper = \relative c'' {
>       \clef treble
>       r2. \hideStaffSwitch\change Staff = "lower" r4*1/2 s8 \sustainOff |
>       }
>
>       lower = \relative c {
>       \clef bass
>       b8 ees, aes c, b \sustainOn ees' \showStaffSwitch\change Staff = "upper" 
> aes
>       ees' |
>       }
>
>       \score {
>       \new PianoStaff <<
>         \new Staff = "upper" \upper
>         \new Staff = "lower" \lower
>       >>
>        \midi { }
>       }
>
>       regards, Jim