Re: newbie issues:repetition, midi & lyrics

2009-01-21 Thread James E. Bailey
Ah, the learning Manual, section 3 would probably be a good place to start for these things. It explains why one uses \new Voice or \voiceOne, exactly what \voiceOne does, and the different ways of aligning lyrics to notes using \lyricsto. Am 21.01.2009 um 20:54 schrieb Grateful Frog: Tha

Re: newbie issues:repetition, midi & lyrics

2009-01-21 Thread Grateful Frog
Thanks to all of you for your help! I implemented Robin's solution and got it to work straight away. I still have some questions though, if anyone has the time and energy to attempt to answer them! - When should one use \voice ? What is its purpose? I haven't been using it but maybe I am

Re: newbie issues:repetition, midi & lyrics

2009-01-20 Thread Robin Bannister
Grateful Frog wrote: how to get that out in a midi file that plays properly, and only the melody not the lyrics and chords? You can get the midi output to do repeats, but it won't know about the D.C. So give it a helping hand by defining myNotesDC = { \repeat volta

Re: newbie issues:repetition, midi & lyrics

2009-01-20 Thread James E. Bailey
I won't attempt to answer all of this, but, the easiest beginning to a solution is to have two separate \score blocks, one with a \layout and one with a \midi. That way, you can structure your midi output the way it should be, and structure the pdf the way it should be. Very simplified examp

Re: newbie issues:repetition, midi & lyrics

2009-01-20 Thread David Stocker
I have a set of defined variables that make the coda directions look nicer. I haven't yet put it in the LSR, but I posted it in an email to the list about 1 1/2 weeks ago. I could email it to you off list if you like, to use until I make it an official contribution to the LSR. Dave Grateful F

newbie issues:repetition, midi & lyrics

2009-01-20 Thread Grateful Frog
Hello again! Let me first say that despite my newness to the pond, I've already done some great stuff thanks to this incredible tool! I'm now trying to create a version of the Beatle's "Yesterday" with Chords, Melody, Lyrics and guitar tabs. I attach below my current file which generates pretty n