Thanks- just before you wrote I found them both too. The error messages are
sometimes misleading as these were.
Thank you for helping.
Jay
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Jonas Müthing <jonas...@web.de> wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> Here is the wrong bit in your code:
>
> r^\markup {\italic "Daughter 2"} cis4 cis8 cis*"*4 cis8 b4 a8 gis4 fis8
> fis4 e8 fis4 a8 gis4 fis8 e4
>
> If you change this as well, it should work fine:
>
> fis8^\markup {\italic Lir} b4 e8, a4 a8 gis4 r8 b8 gis e a fis d cis4 gis'
> a,4. e'8 fis (e) fis4 cis8
>
> Jonas
>
> http://jonasmuething.wordpress.com/
>
> Am 29.10.2011 um 18:34 schrieb Jay Hamilton:
>
> Jonas thanks for the reply here's the whole section I'm not seeing the
> problem you suggest. Also until
> %page 11 this compiled fine.
> Jay
> melody = \relative c' {
> \clef treble
> \key a \major
> \time 6/8
> r2 r8\f cis cis4 a'8 a4 gis8 fis4 e8 cis4 e8 e4 e8 gis4 fis8
> e4 fis8 d4. cis8 b e d4. cis8 b e fis4. r2 r8 cis
> cis4 a'8 a4 gis8 fis (e ) cis4 b8 b ~ b b gis'4 fis8 e fis d2 r8
> r4. cis8 a' a b4. a4 b8 cis gis4 fis gis8 a e4
> \tempo 4 = 82
> a8^\markup {\italic subito} b a
> %page 2
> gis4. r a8 b16 cis b8 a gis4 r8 fis gis a gis4
> e8 fis gis fis4. fis8 a gis a b4 a8 gis a b4 r8 e,8 fis gis fis4 r8
> e8 cis gis' fis4 r8 fis4 gis8 a gis4 fis e4. cis16 fis
> r2^\markup {\italic atempo} r8 cis cis4 a'8 a gis f e4 gis8 fis4. r8 a gis
> fis4 cis8 cis b cis4 r
> %page 9
> cis8 cis4 a'8 a gis8 fis4 e8 fis4 cis8 cis4 cis'8 cis4 b8 a4 gis fis4
> fis8 e4 fis8 a4 gis8 fis4 e8 fis4 R2. cis'8 b a gis4. e'8 d cis b4.
> a8 b cis b4. cis4. b8 a gis fis gis b4. r8 b gis4 a8 e4
> gis8 fis e a cis,4 \break
> b'8\mp^\markup {\italic "the sisters"} cis4 a8 b4 a8 gis fis e fis4
> cis'8\mf b e d4.
> %page 10
> cis8 b e fis4 e,8 e4 cis'8 cis4 b8 ~ b a gis \breathe
> e^\markup {\italic "Daughter 1" } fis fis a gis4 e8 fis fis
> a8 gis4 d'8 cis cis e cis4 b8 a4 e' cis8 d4 a8 cis4 b8 fis4 \fermata r8
> \breathe
> a,8^\markup {\italic Lir} e' a gis4 gis8 a4. r4 cis8 cis4 b8 a4 fis8 gis4
> e8 cis4. cis8 b4 a'8 gis (e)
> fis4 gis8 fis4. cis'8 a b gis e4 a^\markup {\italic rit.}
> gis8 fis4 r \break
> r2.^\markup {\italic atempo} cis4 cis8 a'4.
> %page 11
> gis4 fis8 e4 r8 \break
> r^\markup {\italic "Daughter 2"} cis4 cis8 cis"4 cis8 b4 a8 gis4 fis8 fis4
> e8 fis4 a8 gis4 fis8 e4
> fis8 cis'4 b8 a4
> r8 \fermata ^\markup {\italic \tiny "an uh moment"} gis8 e'
> d cis b ~ b [r a] b cis fis, gis a gis4 cis
> \partial 4
> fis,4 \break
> \partial 2
> fis8^\markup {\italic Lir} b4 e8, a4 a8 gis4 r8 b8 gis e a fis d cis4 gis'
> a,4. e'8 fis (e) fis4 cis8
> b e d b cis4 fis a8 gis4. \breathe fis4 e gis8 fis ~ fis4. r4 \fermata
> c8^\markup {\italic "slightly slower"} ~ c
>
> \bar "|."
> }
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Jonas Müthing <jonas...@web.de> wrote:
>
>> Hej Jay,
>>
>> look for your last quotation mark in the file. It looks as if you have
>> forgotten to close a section within quotation marks, therefore lilypond
>> thinks that all of this %r8 \fermata ^\markup {\italic \tiny still is some
>> text that it should write in the score and that "an uh moment" is the code
>> again.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Jonas
>>
>> http://jonasmuething.wordpress.com/
>>
>> Am 29.10.2011 um 18:02 schrieb j...@soundand.com:
>>
>> I don't know what is wrong here
>>
>> I'm using
>>
>> \version "2.14.1"
>>
>> the % works everywhere except here
>>
>> %r8 \fermata ^\markup {\italic \tiny "an uh moment"} gis8 e'
>> d cis b ~ b [r a] b cis fis, gis a gis4 cis
>>
>>
>> the error message actually tells me
>>
>> %r8 \fermata ^\markup {\italic \tiny
>>
>> "an uh moment"} gis8 e'
>>
>>
>> And won't compile but it shouldn't even see that line! Should it?
>>
>> Doesn't see any of the other lines marked like that.
>>
>> Also if I remove the ^\markup {\italic \tiny "an uh moment"}
>>
>> then I get a different error later
>>
>> c8^\markup {\italic
>>
>> "slightly slower"}
>>
>> In fact I just deleted the section(s) that gave me an error message and it
>> still wouldn't compile it gave me\
>>
>> \bar
>>
>> "|."
>>
>> as the error.
>>
>>
>> This is all new as everything has been working as expected.
>>
>> Hope someone has an idea
>>
>> Jay
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