Re: problem with \addquote

[Mats Bengtsson]

The point of the addquote command is that you don't have to
rewrite the music that already exists in some other part.

See the "quote.ly" example in the Regression tests document for
a full example of how to use it.

   /Mats

Chip wrote:
> I found an answer in the manual -
>
> \set fontSize=#-3
>   r4^"Trumpets" a,8 a c[ f]
>   a a a[ bflat] a g
>   f2. ~
>   f2.
> \unset fontSize
>
> Don't know why the code from the News document doesn't work, but - oh well.
> Regards,
> Chip
>
> Chip wrote:
>
> > I am trying to add cue notes using this code from the News document -
> >
> > \addquote trumpet \notes\relative c'' {
> > r4 a8 a c f
> > a a a bflat a g f2. ~
> > f2.}
> >
> > but it results in this error -
> >
> >  > lilypond migustoes-tenor.ly
> > lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.2.2
> > Running lilypond-bin...
> > Now processing `migustoes-tenor.ly'
> > Parsing...
> >
> > /usr/home/chip/migustoes-tenor.ly:89:10: error: parse error, 
> > unexpected ADDQUOTE:
> >   \addquot
> >           e trumpet \notes\relative c'' {
> >
> > /usr/home/chip/migustoes-tenor.ly:89:25: error: Have to be in Lyric 
> > mode for lyrics:
> >   \addquote trumpet \note
> >                          s\relative c'' {
> > Interpreting music... [8][16][24][32][40]
> > Failed files: migustoes-tenor.ly
> > /usr/home/chip/migustoes-tenor.ly:89:18: warning: Junking event: 
> > `LyricEvent':
> >   \addquote trumpe
> >                   t \notes\relative c'' {
> > [48][51]
> > Preprocessing graphical objects...
> > Calculating line breaks... 
> > [3][6][9][12][15][18][21][24][27][30][33][36][39][42][45][48]
> >
> > paper output to `migustoes-tenor.tex'...
> >
> > writing header field `instrument' to `migustoes-tenor.instrument'...
> > writing header field `title' to `migustoes-tenor.title'...
> > writing header field `arranger' to `migustoes-tenor.arranger'...
> > writing header field `piece' to `migustoes-tenor.piece'...
> > writing header field `poet' to `migustoes-tenor.poet'...
> > writing header field `opus' to `migustoes-tenor.opus'...
> >
> >
> > lilypond: error: LilyPond failed on input file migustoes-tenor (exit 
> > status 1)
> > lilypond: warning: Running LilyPond failed. Rerun with --verbose for a 
> > trace.
> > Process lilypond exited with code 0
> >
> >
> > any help would be appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Chip
> >
> >
> >
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