I've been doing just what you described to a large degree.
I would still like to do what I described in the oringinal post.
I want to do it for a couple of reasons. First to save space,
and second, to make the structure of the music obvious.
If this is a serious faux pas in music engraving, let me know
and I'll try to want to do it less!
Thanks
On 4/28/05, Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 27-Apr-05, at 4:25 PM, Jason Addison wrote:
>
> > How can I indicate alternate sections other than the ending?
> >
> > For example, suppose that I have a piece of
> > music 4 measures long which repeats 4 times
> > for a total of 16 measures.
> >
> > The 1st and 3rd times have the same ending.
> > The 2nd and 4th times have the same ending.
> > The 3rd time has a different _begining_.
>
> Yikes. I've never seen this in printed music. Why not just write
> it out? It's very easy to do with LilyPond.
>
> A = { blah blah }
> B = { foo foo }
>
> > A B C D
> > A B C E
> > F B C D
> > A B C E
>
> \A \A \B \C
> \D \E \A \B
> \F \A \B \C
> ... etc.
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
>
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