Re: volta problem plus a new issue question concerning volta

[Jay Hamilton]

Hi- Kieren's solution worked and Mark's didn't yet I can't see the 
difference.....except in the results.  As for Kieren's question, I 
lazily used a template to get this going and didn't delete that now I 
have.

So the next part=
it doesn't work to put a break between the endings
\mark #10
bes2 b! c \breathe c,4.\downbow (bes8) a1\upbow |}
\alternative {
{d2 ~ d8 d e fis} {d2 d,} }\bar "||"
the page I'm doing for the student has the 2nd ending on the next line 
but if I put a break between the {}\break{} it screws everything up

Thanks for the finding the mistake that I just didn't catch.
Jay
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> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 21:30:51 -0800
> From: "Mark Stephen Mrotek" <address@hidden>
> To: "'Jay Hamilton'" <address@hidden>,  "'Lilypond User'"
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> Subject: RE: Re; Volta problem
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> Jay,
>
> The format for alternative endings: \alternative { {} {} }.
>
> See this does what you want.
>
> \alternative {{ g2. ~ g2.\breathe } {g2.\fermata}}
>
> Mark
Hi Jay,

The 1st ending should be after the tied g2. ~ g and it's not.  What have 
I got wrong?

Alternative takes a **brace-enclosed** set of [possibly brace-enclosed] 
expressions:

    \alternative { { alt1 } { alt2 } }

Below is your snippet, heavily re-formatted (because I found your 
version very hard to read/follow) — note how

  \alternative { g2. ~ g2.}\breathe {g2.\fermata}

has become

  \alternative { { g2. ~ g2. \breathe } { g2.\fermata } }

which, I believe, gives you what you want.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.

p.s.
I'm not interested in the midi for it.

Then why include the \midi {} block at all? (I’ve commented it out in my 
revision.)
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\version "2.18.2"

#(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t)
#(set-default-paper-size "letter" )
#(set-global-staff-size 18)

\header {
 title = "Overture- Lully"
}

\paper {
  indent = 30
  short-indent = 15
  right-margin = 30
  top-margin = 15
  bottom-margin = 15
}

voice = \relative c {
  \key f \major
  \time 4/4
  \tempo "Gravement"
  \override Staff.TimeSignature #' style = #' ()
  \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible
  \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-numbers
  \clef bass
  \set Score.skipBars = ##t
  \time 3/4
  \repeat volta 2 {
    \mark #80
    d4 d\downbow a  |
    c d8( c bes a)   |
    bes4.->\downbow a8\upbow g4->\downbow   |
    c, d2->\downbow |
  }
  \alternative { { g2. ~ g2. \breathe } { g2.\fermata } }
  \bar "|."
}

\score {
  \new Staff \voice
  \layout { \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } }
  %\midi { }
}
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Kieren MacMillan, composer
www:  <http://www.kierenmacmillan.info>
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