RE: counter for voltas with no alternative endings?

[Stig Brautaset]

Thanks! I actually found that example earlier, but didn't realise that
it applied to my case... Thinking a bit about it I got it to work,
however.

Regards,

Stig
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" <address@hidden> writes:

> Stig Brautaset:
>
> Something like this from
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/long-repeats?
>
>
> voltaAdLib = \markup { 1. 2. 3... \text \italic { ad lib. } }
> \relative {
>   c''1
>   \set Score.repeatCommands =
>     #(list(list 'volta voltaAdLib) 'start-repeat)
>   c4 b d e
>   \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f) (volta "4.") end-repeat)
>   f1
>   \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f))
> }
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lilypond-user
> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of
> Stig Brautaset
> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2019 1:52 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: counter for voltas with no alternative endings?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to engrave some music that has 4 bars repeated 8 times. I can use
> a volta, but since there is no alternative ending it doesn't print the
> number of repeats. Is there any way to force that to print?
>
> Here's a minimal example. The first volta doesn't print the number of
> repeats, the second does. Should I perhaps be using percent repeats
> instead...?
>
> ----8<----[ q2.ly ]----8<--------8<----
> \version "2.19.80"
> \relative c' {
>   \repeat volta 8 {
>     c
>     d
>   }
>   \repeat volta 8 {
>     c
>   }
>   \alternative {
>     d
>     e
>   }
> }
> ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----
>
> The generated PDF is here: