Markup for repeated notes or phrases

[Stephan Neuhaus]

Dear list,

I have a piece that contains phrases that are repeated often. For
example, let us assume that the phrase consists of two sixteenth notes.
In the piece in question, the unit of repetition is in fact much longer;
this is just an example. So I have done this:

phrase = { c16 d16 }
\relative c' { \repeat unfold 8 \phrase }

But the composer has sometimes put expressive marks on some of the notes
in the phrase, some of the time. For example:

\relative c' { c16 d c d c d c d\staccato c d c d c d c d }

Obviously I could do

\relative c' {
  \repeat unfold 3 \phrase
  c d\staccato
  \repeat unfold 4 \phrase
}

But this obscures the fact that the "c d\staccato" is the same as
"\phrase", just with expression markings added. (When the unit of
repetition is several bars long, this is not as obvious as in this
simplified example.)

Is there an elegant way to keep the structure visible, and yet to add
markings to selected parts of \phrase?

Thanks in advance,

Stephan
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