Re: repeats and alternatives

[James Bailey]

On Dec 4, 2010, at 11:19 PM, Neil Puttock wrote:

> On 4 December 2010 22:05, James Bailey <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I don't understand alternatives. Can someone explain to me what I'm doing 
>> wrong. Why does the first example not compile properly with the excuse, 
>> "more alternatives than repeats" but the second example compiles just fine?
> 
> In your first example, LilyPond sees three blocks of music inside
> \alternative since there's an isolated barcheck between the two music
> parts.
> 
> Cheers,
> Neil

Thank you so much. I spent at least 30 minutes trying to figure this out.