RE: Breathe mark problem

[Peter Gentry]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Kastrup [mailto:address@hidden 
>Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 4:28 PM
>To: Peter Gentry
>Cc: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: Breathe mark problem
>
>"Peter Gentry" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Lilypond 2.18.0 - Windows Vista Home Premium (fully patched)- 
>> Frescobaldi 2.0.13
>>
>> When \breathe is used with beams the score fails to compile with 
>> "unexpected EVENT_IDENTIFIER"
>>
>> {
>>  \clef "treble"
>>  \time 4/4
>>  g''8 [ g'8 ( ] a'8 [ f'8 ] bes'8 \breathe ) [ bes'8 ( ] c''8 [ f'8 ]
>> ) | % 37
>> }
>>
>> It doesn't appear to matter which note is followed by \breathe if 
>> there is a beam it fails - take baems away and it works. Does anyone 
>> know a workaround or tweak to achieve a breath mark between 
>two beamed 
>> notes?
>
>\breathe is not an articulation but rather a music event of 
>its own.  So it has to come after any articulations on the 
>previous note.
>
>
Thanks David. 

I was put off by the manual reference   "note\breathe" as the syntax'
Placing \breathe after the "note)[" never occurred to me.
I think of a breath mark in the same light as other textural annotations - an 
indictaion or advice for the performer rather than an
event as such. We live and learn (and forget), thanks.