Re: best practices for volta (was Re: Problem with repeat alternative endings that contain lyrics andleading rests)

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Trevor,

> Sure you did, but the point of the example the OP submitted from the NR was 
> to show how to allow lyrics to be unfolded along with the music.

Ah. Sorry for the noise.

>> 1. Shouldn’t we be [heavily] promoting, even in tiny snippets, the use of 
>> global variables to hold \repeat structures that are used in multiple places?
> No, not in this particular case - it doesn't work.

You mean Lilypond can’t handle << \global \lyrics >>, where \global contains 
the repeat structure?
Hmm… I was unaware of that.

Thanks,
Kieren.
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