Re: New here and first question about using repeat percent over more than two measures

[Aurelien]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 08:54:15AM +0000, James Lowe wrote :
> Aurelien
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> Subject: New here and first question about using repeat percent over more     
>   than two measures
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new on this list, though I use Lilypond for several years (but quite
> basically) and audio with GNU/Linux for more years.
> 
> I present myself: I'm Aurélien, I'm french, work in a french non-profit
> production/label/tour agency which produces and tours only free art with
> free software.
> 
> I play bass, guitar, machines and vocals in the band Sebkha-Chott, and
> also play in a musical tales for kids called Sackboutboute.
> 
> 
> OK, let's go with my question. As I'm also a bass teacher, I often use
> \repeat precent X {} in my scores. Until now, I never had any problem
> with this. But now, I've got two charts with stuffs repeating that long
> more than two measures. I thought I just could write something like:
> 
> \repeat percent X {
>         <first measure>
>         <seconde measure>
>         <third measure>
>         <fourth measure>
> }
> 
> but actually, it just prints empy measures in the end. Is there a way to
> fix this, or am I trying to do something that doesn't exist, or
> shouldn't, or whatever?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> -----
> 
> See http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/short-repeats
> 
> You construction is not quite right.
> 
> \repeat percent X { 
> { first measure | second measure | third measure }
> }

Yeah, actually, that's what I use.

> 
> Depending on exactly how you want this to work.
> 
> The '%' repeat percent just means put a repeat mark inside the measure.
> 
> If you wanted to make the thick bar with the two dots, then I am not sure 
> exactlt what you want but you could
> 
> 
> \repeat volta 2 {
>   {first measure}
>   {second measure}
>   {third measure}
> }

No, I really want to use %. Or at least, I'd like to be able to draw
*automatically* the number of repetitions. So, two options:

| a bar | % | % | % |
or
||: a bar :||x4 (or x3, following the way you want to read it).


Actually, when dealing with only one measure to repeat (or even two),
it's OK. But when you have more than two measures repeating, the 
percent way doesn't work anymore (someone exlained me why), and the
volta way doesn't show the number of repetitions.

-- 
Aurélien