Re: alternatives at beginning or middle

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Thursday 01 December 2005 02:24 am, Sven Axelsson wrote:
> On 30/11/05, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Quoting Stuart Lowe <address@hidden>:
> > > Lilypond seems to handle alternative endings on repeated parts 
very
> > > well.  What about alternative beginnings, or even an
> > > alternative somewhere in the middle?
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me how I would do this?
> > >
> > I don't know if there is any standardized notation for such things.
> > However, if you want to have the brackets and labels, take a look
> > at the section on "Manual Repeat Commands" in the manual.
> 
> Yes, that sort of works. However, there is no way to have Lilypond to
> use volta brackets with a downstroke at the right side in this case,
> which makes it look a bit weird.

You can't put in a third bracket, which would be open ended, and then
make it disappear?  Just a thought.  daveA

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