Hi Javier 2011/4/17 Javier Ruiz-Alma <jav...@ruiz-alma.com>: >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: Javier Ruiz-Alma >>>>>> To: LilyPond User Group >>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 9:50 AM >>>>>> Subject: Help with Section Sequence >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> Please check the attached sample PDF and reply if I need to change >>>>>> way these >>>>>> sections should be performed. >>>>>> This will help me build a correct MIDI block and play this as >>>>>> intended. >>>>>> The >>>>>> sequence shown sounds a bit weird to me when I listen to the MIDI and >>>>>> I >>>>>> suspect I'm just not reading this correctly. >>>>>> Thanks, Javier >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>2011/4/15 Phil Holmes: >>>>> >>>>> That's how I would perform it. >>>>> -- >>>>> Phil Holmes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>________________________________ >>>>Hi Phil >>>> >>>>I may be wrong, but: >>>>I don't think the MIDI output includes the repetitions, so the MIDI >>>>will just play sec A, sec B, sec C of this example >>>>As far as I know, you have to use \repeat unfold to get repetitions in >>>> the >>>> MIDI. >>>> >>>> >>>>Regards >>>> >>>>Jakob. >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>> Hi Jakob, >>> The command \unfoldRepeats will do this. >>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Repeats-in-MIDI >>> Attached is the .ly file I created for this snippet. >>> >>> Javier >> ________________________________ >>From: jakob lund >>Hola >> >>Ooh nice, didn't know that one. >>And in fact, I think I now understand what your original question was. >> >>To notate the performance sequence you describe, the annotation at the >>end should be "D.S. al fine" (D.C. means da capo, from the top, while >>D.S., dal segno, means from the sign) >>Also, the segno mark shouldn't be printed over the last bar line. >> >>Finally, I'm purty sure that the custom is to print the word "fine" in >>lowercase italics, and above the system. >> >> >>Hopefully I'm not making a fool of myself here by stating the obvious... >>Cheers >> >>Jakob. > ________________________________ > > Hello Jakob, > A bit of background: I'm typesetting a collection of 19th century minuets > into lilypond and would also like to get the most approximate MIDI. Several > scores in the collection were annotated by the author with the same > structure as in the attached PDF...with the following caveats: > -where the Segnos are shown, the author placed two segnos, one above treble > staff, another below bass staff > -The bar with 'fine' is a finale-type chord, of course, while > -The bar going into the first Segno has the same finale-type chord, but with > a second voice or accompaniment to continue the piece. > > You're exactly right, the sequence I initially proposed doesn't match with > "D.C. al Segno". > Here's the next sequence iteration I'm leaning more towards: > |Sect A|Sect A|Sect B|Sect B|Sect C|From start of Sect A to Segno| > However: play the last bar going into Segno in same way as the one marked > 'fine' (i.e. just play the resolution/finale chord). > > I would've liked to attach the original score, but it's one page in a PDF > document with 90+pages and I don't have any app to extract a single page out > of the very large PDF document. > Lastly, I still have no explanation for why the author added Segnos to the > end of the score, except to think these scores being part of an old > piano tutorial, his intent was to show the student " 'Da Capo al Segno' that > looks like 'S%' ". > > Let me know what you think. Javier > >
I can't make sense of it. My guess is that the author (or copyist) mistook DC for DS, so that the sequence you have in your PDF is correct. Cheers Jakob _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
