Re: Starting music at an arbitrary bar

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Martin,

see 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/skipping-corrected-music>. 
showFirstLength and showLastLength should do what you want.

Yours, Simon

Am 14.03.2015 um 22:02 schrieb J Martin Rushton:
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> GNU LilyPond 2.18.2
> TiMidity++ version 2.14.0
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> When working on a piece it I tend to generate a MIDI file and play it
> back to assure myself that what I'm writing corresponds to what I'm
> thinking.  Not, I suspect, that unusual.  However, as a piece
> lengthens more time is spent listening to music already accepted
> before getting to the latest part.  Is there any way to start from an
> arbitrary bar?
>
> I realise that I can break the lines up:
>
> Old-descant = { ... }
> New-descant = { ... }
>
> Descant = \new Voice {
>    ...
>    \relative c'' {
> %    \Old-descant
>      \New-descant
>    }
>
> And move the notes from new to old as I progress.  It's very prone to
> misaligning the parts though.
>
> Any advice gratefully received.
> Martin
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