Re: Beginner's questions

[David Bobroff]

I think that the likely problem is that you should change:

<do''2 reb''2>

to:

<do'' reb''>2

You have specified a chord and the time values for chords takes place 
after the chord.

-David


Pierre RUEL wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm just beginning with Lilypond (after some years of practice with 
> other notation softwares). In fact I've produced some PC programmed 
> music and wan't to use Lilypond as an interface between VBA produced 
> .txt code and music.
> I have a huge .ly file of more than 400 A4 pages and the .log window 
> lists a relatively small number of various errors but indefinitely 
> repeated. And I have some difficulty to understand the .log 
> observations. For instance, the .log stops at (sorry I'm of french 
> mother thongue and use "italiano.ly"):
> <do''2 reb''2>
> and the analysis of the soft says:
> "syntax error, unexpected STRING, expecting > or DRUM_PITCH or 
> MUSIC_FUNCTION or NOTENAME_PITCH"
> <
>  do''2 reb''2>
> Could anybody explain  what is that "guilty" STRING ?
>
> I don't understand either why a > is expected here.
>
> Additional precision: I've a "relative c''" at the beginning and I 
> shouldn't write '' after the notes (I believe). In fact I get the same 
> errors with or without the '' after the notes themselves.
> Thant you for any explanation.
> Friendly regards
> Pierre
>
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