Re: Suppress Volta Starting Repeat

[keith Luke]

I solved the problem.  I misinterpreted how the \set Score.voltaSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 4/4) is used.

I originally coded a start-repeat at the beginning of the first ending.  By adjusting the grouping of notes in  the \repeat volta section for the first ending the score renders as expected.

Thanks for your suggestions.

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 10:12 AM Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Keith,

On 26.08.19 21:28, keith Luke wrote:
> I am using LilyPond 2.18.2
>
>   \set Score.voltaSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 4/4)
>   \repeat volta 2 { g1 ~ }
>   \alternative {
>     {
>       g4 r8 g8 d'4 c4 ~
>     }
>     {{ g2 \repeatTie r2 }}

That is not a complete, compilable, minimal example. See
<http://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html>. This is one:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.18.2"

\relative {
   g'1
   \repeat volta 2 { g~ }
   \alternative {
     { g\laissezVibrer }
     { g\repeatTie }
   }
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


> I would like to suppress the repeat sign in the measure preceding the
> first ending.


LilyPond is designed to work with an input file that accurately
represents the _meaning_ of the music you are typesetting. There are
cases where one has to bend that link, but here I have to ask: why do
you want to suppress the repeat sign, if you could just have the \repeat
encompass the section of music that’s actually going to be repeated?

Best, Simon