On Friday, August 19, 2011 16:14:57 Beakerboy wrote: > the midi file will play the chords with a grand piano voice, but I want it > to be silent.
\set Staff.midiMinimumVolume = #0.0 \set Staff.midiMaximumVolume = #0.0 and a \p or other dynamics marker at the first chord for the volume settings to work properly. See http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/notation/controlling-midi- dynamics.html#controlling-midi-dynamics Hope that helps a little bit, Volker _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user