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Re: Repeated notes
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Repeated notes |
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Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:38:03 +0200 |
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David Sumbler <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 19:01 +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> David Sumbler <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> >
>> > Is there a quick way to write repeated notes?
>> >
>> > I know that I can write
>> >
>> > \repeat unfold 8 { bf8 }
>> >
>> > instead of
>> >
>> > bf8 bf bf bf bf bf bf bf
>> >
>> >
>> > But is there a simpler way? Perhaps something along the lines of
>> >
>> > bf8*8
>> >
>> > (which, as it stands, doesn't work, of course).
>> It does work, but you probably don't like its result.
>
> I'm using v.2.19.40, and so far as I can see it only works in the sense
> that the compiler doesn't produce an error.
It produces a note with the visual of bf8 but 8 times its length.
That's a perfectly normal LilyPond construct. The "problem" is that
most people get acquainted with scaled lengths in the context of R1*8,
full-bar rests. And then they tend to think this means "produce 8 times
an R1" when it actually means "produce full-bar rests until 1*8 has
expired" and is fully equivalent to R8*64 (for example).
--
David Kastrup