Re: unexpected \unfoldRepeats behavior

[Paul Scott]

Jay Anderson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Paul Scott<address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > Which is kind of ridiculous if you're writing an ensemble piece with many
> > (even more than one) voices/parts.  How can a midi of a multi-voice work
> > with any repeats be done?
> >     
>
> I was working on a large score and originally kept the repeat
> structure separate from the individual parts and ran into the same
> unfold-not-working problem. 

I don't need MIDIs that often.  Until it is established that this is a 
bug or the intended result I can get any MIDIs that I need by defining 
each section for each part as a separate definition that I can assemble 
as needed for the two different purposes.
> I thought about this a bit and decided it
> was best just to have the repeats in each part. If you're going to
> make a change to the repeat structure you're almost always going to
> have to change each part/voice to match. Since this is the case it
> makes sense to have the repeat structure in each part.

*If* this is the case.  I am most often working with a structure already 
determined by the composer who is not me.  I often create corrected or 
easier to read ensemble parts or parts for people who don't do the 
doubling that the original parts call for.
> If for nothing
> else it makes it easy to find the beginnings and ends of repeats in
> each part.
>   

I put bar numbers or other references when needed.
>   
> > I don't mind having a separate file for the midi output but not being able
> > to factor out the common timing and dynamics costs a lot of input time and
> > makes it a lot harder to make sure I haven't dropped a bar somewhere.
> >     
>
> Actually I found that having the repeats in each part made it easier
> to notice that bars were off. Lilypond throws errors where it thinks
> the repeat timing problem is without having to look too much at the
> pdf output.
>   

My first pass at most of what I do is to create the global timing 
section.  I then know by the rehearsal marks, etc. whether I have 
skipped some bars in the input of the music.

I will now reread the documentation on unfoldRepeats to see if I should 
go any farther with this.

Thanks,

Paul