> 2.) Sometimes I have a very simple repeat pattern, say, part A repeats
> four times.
> The only difference is that the third time "c2." gets replaced by "c2
> c4" somewhere in the middle due to an additional syllable in the
> lyrics.
>
> a) What's the correct way to visually represent that? Drawing the full
> c2. plus some additional c4 in parenthesis at the end? How do you type
> it in? Or "c2(c4)" with a potentially dashed tie/slur/whatever that is
> called.
>
> b) How does one get a correct MIDI file? I can imagine writing
>
> aa = {...}
> ab = { c2. | }
> ac = { c2 c4 | }
> ad = {...}
> aA = { \aa \ab \ad }
> aB = { \aa \ac \ad}
> melodyMIDI = { \aA \aA \aB \aA }
>
> and slightly different approach for engraving to fake proper visual
> appearance, but I'm sure there must be a more straightforward way with
> some "if this is the third time of repeating this segment, do
> something different for this one single note".
>
>
I'm not familiar enough with vocal scores to know the standard practice in
for this circumstance.
For instrumental music, one approach I've seen is to display both rhythms
using parallel voices and add text to instruct the performer when to play
each variation.
I'm not sure how nicely this plays with lyrics.
\version "2.19.15"
aa = { g'2. 2. 2. }
ab = { c'2. | }
ac = { c'2 4 | }
ad = { b'2. 2. }
bothVariations = <<
{ <>^\markup { \column { "1st, " "2nd &" "4th X" } } \ab } \\
{ <>_"3rd X" \ac }
>>
% Start with the PDF representation.
melody = {
\time 3/4
\repeat volta 4 { \aa \bothVariations \ad }
}
% Add in the single-voice alternative for use in MIDI.
melody = {
\time 3/4
\repeat volta 3 {
\aa
\tag #'PDF { \bothVariations }
\tag #'MIDI { \ab }
\ad
}
}
% Then add the needed MIDI repeated sections
melody = {
\time 3/4
\repeat volta 3 {
\aa
\tag #'PDF { \bothVariations }
\tag #'MIDI { \ab }
\ad
\tag #'MIDI {
\aa \ab \ad
\aa \ac \ad
\aa \ab \ad
}
}
}
\score {
\header { piece = "PDF Version" }
<<
\keepWithTag #'(PDF) \melody
>>
\layout {}
}
\score {
\header { piece = "MIDI Version" }
<<
\keepWithTag #'(MIDI) \melody
>>
\midi {}
% You can print this MIDI version to validate on paper,
% just ignore the repeat signs and endings.
\layout {}
}
David Elaine Alt
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