Re: \repeat with upbeat (partial) and alternatives

[Mats Bengtsson]

E. Weehaeli wrote:

> it is only after a long search that I found an easy way to repeat a part of a 
> melody 
> - with an upbeat 
> - ending before the end of a measure 
> - having different durations in the alternatives
> - without producing warnings in the log
>
> isn't this a third way that should/could be added to the examples in the manual 
> [NR 1.4.1.1 Normal repeats: "Repeats with upbeats can be entered in two 
> ways...."]
> or ... - did I miss something?
>
> \version "2.11.49"
> { 
> \repeat volta 2 { \partial 8 c'8 | c'2.}
> \alternative {{ f'8 } { \partial 4 f'4 | }}
> d'1 |
> }
>  
What you propose is similar to one of the solutions proposed in
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=355&q=alternative

In my experience, it's fairly uncommon in printed music to have this kind of
different durations in the two alternatives, so I don't think that it's 
common enough to deserve a specific example in the manual. You may want 
to submit it to the LSR, though.

  /Mats