>-----Original Message----- >From: David Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] >Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 4:28 PM >To: Peter Gentry >Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org >Subject: Re: Breathe mark problem > >"Peter Gentry" <peter.gen...@sunscales.co.uk> writes: > >> Lilypond 2.18.0 - Windows Vista Home Premium (fully patched)- >> Frescobaldi 2.0.13 >> >> When \breathe is used with beams the score fails to compile with >> "unexpected EVENT_IDENTIFIER" >> >> { >> \clef "treble" >> \time 4/4 >> g''8 [ g'8 ( ] a'8 [ f'8 ] bes'8 \breathe ) [ bes'8 ( ] c''8 [ f'8 ] >> ) | % 37 >> } >> >> It doesn't appear to matter which note is followed by \breathe if >> there is a beam it fails - take baems away and it works. Does anyone >> know a workaround or tweak to achieve a breath mark between >two beamed >> notes? > >\breathe is not an articulation but rather a music event of >its own. So it has to come after any articulations on the >previous note. > > Thanks David.
I was put off by the manual reference "note\breathe" as the syntax' Placing \breathe after the "note)[" never occurred to me. I think of a breath mark in the same light as other textural annotations - an indictaion or advice for the performer rather than an event as such. We live and learn (and forget), thanks. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user