Re: (Retry) LilyPond ignoring \break... what did I do wrong?

[Tim McNamara]

> Apologies if this is a duplicate, it did not seem to get relayed  
> through the server the first time I sent it.
>
>
> I'm doing an arrangement of a song for a jazz ensemble.  I am  
> finding that LilyPond is ignoring one of the manual line breaks  
> (after bar 12- I like four bars per line for consistency and  
> readability and I am getting two lines of two bars) and I can't  
> figure out what I've messed up.  I'm sure it's something simple and  
> I'll say "duh" when it's pointed out, but I'm flummoxed right at  
> the moment.  The time counts in those bars in \harmonies and  
> \melody seem to be correct and LilyPond offers no error message  
> about it (e.g. that the break was overridden).  The way my template  
> is laid out, I have the chords and melody in separate blocks and  
> then they are assembled in the \score block.

Looking again I see that LilyPond isn't ignoring a \break, it is  
inserting an extra line break after bar 10 which I don't want.  I  
suppose this can be suppressed somehow but adding a \noBreak produces  
even stranger results- three bars on one line and one looooong bar on  
the next.


> \version "2.12.2"
>
> \paper {
>     indent = 0.0
>     ragged-last = ##f
>
> }
>
> \header {
>   title = "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
>   subtitle = "Concert Pitch"
>   composer = "Richard F. Betts"
>   meter = "Medium Eighths"
> }
>
> \include "../../pop-chords.ly"
> \include "../../paren-2.ly"
> \include "../../nochord.ly"
>
> harmonies = \chordmode {
>
> r4
> % 1
> e2:m7 a2:m7
> e2:m7 d2:7
> e2:m7 a2:m7
> e2:m7 d2:7
>
> % 5
> e2:m7 a2:m7
> e2:m7 d2:7
> e2:m7 a2:m7
> e2:m7 d2:7
>
> % 9
> a4:m7 d4:7 b2:m7
> c4:maj7 a4:m7 e2:7.9+
> c4:maj7 a4:m7 d2:m7
> e4:m7 c4:maj7 e2:7.9+
>
> % 13
> fis1:m7.5-
> e1:7.9+
> a1:m7
> a1:m7
>
> % 17
> a1:m7
> a1:m7
> c1:m7
> c1:m7
>
> % 21
> a1:m7
> a1:m7
> \set chordNameExceptions = #ChrdExcep c1 %chord <c e g> as NCString
> \unset chordNameExceptions
> r1
>
> % 25
> r1
> r1
> r1
> r2
> e2:7.9+
>
> % 29
> a2:m7 b2:m7
> c2:maj7 b2:m7
> a1:m7
>
>
> }
>
> melody = \relative c' {
> \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
> \time 4/4
> \clef treble
> \key g \major
>
> \partial 8*2 e8 g8
>
> % 1
> \mark #1
> \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-alphabet
> \bar "|:"
> \set Score.voltaSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 3 4)
> \repeat volta 3 {
> a1~
> a2 \times 2/3 { g8 a8 g8 } e8 d8
> e1~
> e2. d8 e8 \break
>
> % 5
> b'2 a2
> g2 \times 2/3 { fis4 g4 a4 }
> e1~
> e2 r4 a,8 c8 \break
>
> % 9
> e8 r8 d8 r8 b4 \times 2/3 { r8 c8 d8 } }
> \alternative {
> { c8 r8 a8 r8 e4 \times 2/3 { r8 e'8 g8 } }
> { e8 r8 c8 r8 a4 \times 2/3 { r8 b8 c8 }
> b8 r8 g8 r8 e4 \times 2/3 { r8 g8 e8 } \break
>
> % 13
> \times 2/3 { fis4 a4 c4 } \times 2/3 { ees4 fis4 a4 }
> \times 2/3 { b2 a2 g2 } \bar "||"
> \mark #2
> \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-alphabet
> e8^\markup { \italic "Double Time Feel" } \mark \markup  
> { \musicglyph #"scripts.segno" } r8 \times 2/3 { a8 b8 g8 } a8 g8  
> e8 d16 c16
> e8 r8 \times 2/3 { a8 b8 g8 } a8 e8~ e4 \break
>
> % 17
> e8 r8 \times 2/3 { a8 b8 g8 } a8 g8 e8 d16 c16
> e8 r8 \times 2/3 { a8 b8 g8 } a8 e8~ e4
> g8 r8 \times 2/3 { c8 d8 bes8 } c8 g8 \times 2/3 { f8 g8 bes8 }
> g8 r8 \times 2/3 { c8 d8 bes8 } c8 g8~ g4
>
> % 21
> e8 r8 \times 2/3 { a8 b8 g8 } a8 g8 e8 d16 c16
> e8 r8 \times 2/3 { a8 b8 g8 } a8 e8~ e4 \bar "||"
> \mark #3
> \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-alphabet
> gis4.^\markup { \italic "Half Time 6/8 Feel" } a8 gis4 \times 2/3  
> { a8 b8 a8 }
> gis4. a8 gis4 \times 2/3 { a8 dis,8 e8 }
>
> % 25
> gis4. a8 gis4 \times 2/3 { a8 b8 a8 }
> gis4. a8 gis4 \times 2/3 { a8 dis,8 e8 }
> \mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.coda" }
> \times 2/3 { a4 g4 fis4} \times 2/3 { e4 d4 c4 }
> d4 r4 g2
>
> % 29
> \bar "|:" r1
> r1^\markup { \italic "After solos D.S. al Coda" } \bar ":|"
> \mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.coda" }
> e8 a8 b8 g8 a4 r4 \bar "||"
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new ChordNames {
>       \set chordChanges = ##t
>       \harmonies
>     }
>     \new Staff
>      \melody
>   >>
>
> }
>
>
>
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