Re: Macro/multiply notes

[Thomas Morley]

2014-06-13 17:42 GMT+02:00 Hlolli <address@hidden>:
> Is is possible to do smoething like this:
>
> {c'8 d' e' d'}*4 -> c'8 d' e' d' | c'8 d' e' d' | c'8 d' e' d' | c'8 d' e'
> d' ?
>
> Just to save space I was hoping that repetitive musical patterns could be
> repeted with multiplication/asterix sign?
>
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Afaik, closest you can do is:

\version "2.18.0"

"*" =
#(define-scheme-function (parser location number)(number?)
  (define-music-function (parser location music)(ly:music?)
    #{ \repeat unfold $number $music #}))

"*4" = \"*" 4
"*3" = \"*" 3
"*2" = \"*" 2

{ \"*3" { \"*4" { c'8 d' e' d' \"*2" g'4 \bar "||" } \bar "S" } }

Cheers,
  Harm