Re: Issue 1647 in lilypond: MIDI skips note if the pitch is already sounding in the same channel

[lilypond]

Comment #4 on issue 1647 by address@hidden: MIDI skips note if the  
pitch is already sounding in the same channel
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1647

I have code which will make both notes sound.  A patch can be found in the  
included mailing list link.  What this patch does is as follows:

When encountering a note event of the same pitch during a currently held  
note, it will stop the held note and start the second.  The second will  
last until the latest moment of the two notes, or until that pitch is  
struck again.  It correctly handles the case of the two note events  
happening at the same moment.  A major problem with this patch is that it  
is all-or-nothing.  It does not allow the previous behavior (which elides  
the second note at the same pitch in favor of holding the first).  The  
patch in question is against the git archive from last month.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2011-03/msg00316.html

Disclaimer: This patch and the ideas behind it may not be a reasonable  
approach to solving this problem (or may be trying to solve a different  
issue entirely).  See also Jan Nieuwenhuizen's reply to my post.