wish: MIDI player should handle partial (pickup) bars about frescobaldi HOT 4 OPEN

The effect can be seen even more strongly in the following:

\score {
  {
    \time 4/4
    \partial 4.
    c'8 c'4 | d'4 c' c' c' | d'4 c' c' c' | d'4 c' c' c' |
  }
  \midi{}
  \layout{}
}

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Yes, the behaviour you see is correct but I can't do very much about it. The MIDI spec does not have a way to specify a pickup measure (at least LilyPond doesn't output a hint about on which beat the music starts).

Making the MIDI player smarter (in that it parses the document itself and couples notes in the text to note events in the MIDI file) is on the wish list, but it is difficult to implement.

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Fair enough. I had a feeling it might be a problem with LP MIDI output or just with MIDI per se, but thought I'd mention it here as it's visible on the front line of Frescobaldi.

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Similar issue when \unfoldRepeats is in the \midi block:
http://groups.google.com/group/frescobaldi/browse_thread/thread/e1c919997e9f5d5c

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