Re: Is it possible to put alternatives inside repeats?

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On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 15:48:35 -0600
David Wright <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Fri 09 Dec 2016 at 20:40:01 (+0100), Simon Albrecht wrote:
> > On 09.12.2016 10:22, list_lilypond wrote:
> > >inside the repeat there are alternatives.
> > >
> > >As normally the \alternative{} syntax is put outside the
> > >\repeat{}, I really wonder whether this is possible at all.
> > >If possible in some other way, could someone please be so kind to
> > >point out how to repeat with embedded alternatives without
> > >rewriting all?
> > 
> > The available implementation of \repeat doesn’t allow any other use
> > of \alternative than immediately _after_ the repeated expression. So
> > it seems you’ll have to either
> > 
> > – split the repeat up into several repeats (and relocate stuff so
> > that the alternative at the beginning becomes an alternative at the
> > end
> > – write it out entirely – that might really reduce confusion for the
> > reader, except in Reich-esque pattern music,
> > – or fake the appearance by setting the context property
> > repeatCommands. There is an example in
> > <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/repeats#repeats-volta-text-markup-using-repeatcommands>.
> > So you can do something like the attached. I’d advise to close the
> > volta brackets for the 2. alternatives _inside_ the repeat, but I
> > don’t know how. Anyone?
> 
> I used \allowVoltaHook in
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-10/msg00404.html
> but it has its downside as it seems unresettable.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
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Yes, I think I can do that.
I'll give it a try.
Thanks David!

Joe