Re: endings

[Paul Scott]

Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Paul Scott wrote:
>
> > 1. How can I do an alternate ending which goes forward somewhere 
> > rather than repeats?
>
> I had to look up a copy of "An der Schönen Blauen Donau" at home
> to see how this normally is notated. I have attached a file that
> illustrates two possible notations. I prefer the first alternative,
> at least when the music phrases are like in this example. Note that
> you won't get the desired MIDI output. I had to use this clumsy
> syntax for the repeats to be able to manually set the text string
> used for each alternative ending.

Thanks very much.  I will check this out soon and try to contribute to 
making it visible in the documentation.

> > 2. How can I have slurs or ties go from the measure before endings go 
> > into both endings.
>
> Unfortunately, this isn't supported at the moment. You could probably
> get a reasonable layout by adding an invisible note head at the
> beginning of the second ending where the slur/tie could start from.

That sounds like an acceptable solution.

Thanks,

Paul