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Re: MIDI repetition


From: Kieren Richard MacMillan
Subject: Re: MIDI repetition
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:18:22 -0500

Hello, Alberto:

if we write repetitions on the music (and if the composer wrote them)
it means we want to repeat them. Why to add a new command to unfold them?

It's really just a short hand for editing purposes, at least as I've used it so far.

For example, when defining line breaks, rather than writing:

    s4*4*4 /break
    s4*4*4 /break
    s4*4*4 /break
    s4*4*4 /break
    s4*4*4 /break
    s4*4*4 /break
    s4*4*4 /break

you could write:

    \repeat unfold 8 { s4*4*4 /break }

Or, for a sample of minimalist music (200 measures of 4/4), all you'd need to write is:

    \repeat unfold 4*100 { c16 e d e }
    \repeat unfold 4*100 { c16 e f e }

;-)

Obviously, when the actual printed score requires the *visual representation of repeats*, you want to use volta (or the manual equivalent).

Hope this helps!
Kieren.





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