Re: unexpected STRING error with unapparent cause

[Jonathan Kulp]

This error is normally the result of a stray or missing curly brace {
or }. Check this carefully first.

Jon

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 AM, tbear2500 <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm writing an a cappella piece in Lilypond (actually transcribing one which
> is probably copyrighted, hence all notes and titles being removed) primarily
> for a midi file with which to practice. I have six different files
> ('[songtitle].ly', 'intro.ly', 'soprano.ly', 'alto.ly', 'tenor.ly', and
> 'bass.ly') to keep the code reasonably organized and manageable. Everything
> but [songtitle].ly simply defines variables: intro contains the two intro
> parts, and the others their respective vocal parts (S/A/T/B). Everything
> worked flawlessly until I added to the tenor part after the intro (I worked
> my way from top down, so soprano and alto worked). After doing this, I got
> the error message:
>
> L:/Music/lilypond/[songtitle]/intro.ly:1:0: error: syntax error, unexpected
> STRING
>
> saintro = \relative c' {
>
> L:/Music/lilypond/[songtitle]/intro.ly:24:0: error: syntax error, unexpected
> STRING
>
> tbintro = \relative c {
>
> L:/Music/lilypond/[songtitle]/bass.ly:5:0: error: syntax error, unexpected
> STRING"
>
> with no error text (it wouldn't tell me just which string it wasn't
> expecting) for the error in bass.ly.
>
> The structure (if this helps more) goes as follows:
>
> ([songtitle].ly):
> \version 2.12.3
>
> \header {
> %title/composer etc. defined, no errors
> }
>
> \include "soprano.ly"
> \include "alto.ly"
> \include "tenor.ly"
> \include "bass.ly"
>
> \score {
>   \new ChoirStaff <<
>     \new Staff {
>       %set up staff data, no errors
>       \soprano
>       }
>     %same as above for alto, tenor, and bass
>     >>
>   \layout { }
>   \midi { }
>   }
>
> (intro.ly):
> saintro = \relative c' { %error here
>   %note data, error free
>   }
>
> tbintro = \relative c { %error here
>   %note data, error free
>   }
>
>
> (soprano.ly):
> \version "2.12.3"
>
> \include "intro.ly"
>
> soprano = {
>   \saintro
>   \relative c' {
>     %note data, error free
>     }
>   }
>
> I then have the same kind of thing in alto.ly and tenor.ly. In bass.ly:
>
> \version "2.12.3"
>
> \include "intro.ly"
>
> bass = { %error somewhere here (according to description, unexpected string
> at character 0 of length 0)
>   \tbintro
>   \relative c {
>     %one measure of note data, because I've been focusing on fixing the
> 'problem' with the code rather than writing the part
>     }
>   }
>
>
> I have searched everything I could find to search through rather thoroughly
> to no avail. What might be causing this and how can it be fixed? If it
> helps, I'm using jEdit to write the files and compile them (simply double
> clicking or running through cmd results in error and failure of compilation
> as well) with Windows 7.
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