Re: repeat a set of measures (A to B) later on in the score

[James E. Bailey]

Am 22.03.2009 um 16:49 schrieb David Raleigh Arnold:

> On Saturday 21 March 2009, patrick duka wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a set of measures that I want to repeat several times at
> different
> > times of the score.
> >
> > I want to put the letter A at the beginning of this set of measures,
> and B
> > at the end,
> >
> > then I want A-B to repeat at some time later on,
> >
> > 1. How can I put this letters ?
> >
> > 2. How can I make A-B to repeat at a different time in the score?
> >
> > (I'm looking for an answer in the manual and the user's mailing list
> but so
> > far no answer...)
> >
> > Thanks everyone.
>
> It's a great idea which IMO would be best considered an editing task.
>
> Using sed to number barchecks or lines is not hard.  Copying and
> inserting "\M3-5" with the appropriate measures should not be a  
> problem
> either.  The replacement text should probably have all the fingering
> stripped out but other marks could be a problem because they may or
> may not be desired.  (Using lilypond programming might be a better  
> idea
> if that is the case.)  Then the bar numbers e.g.: "|22" could be
> renumbered on each pass. Of course with an editing tool all this
> is done before lilypond sees it.
>
> Where the editing tool approach really shines is in doing what  
> lilypond
> won't do, such as being able to write f c g d instead of fis cis gis
> dis in \key e major.  Editing tools already in existence may do all of
> this already.  It's hard to keep up.  Regards, daveA

Perhaps an easier way is to put everything before A in one variable,  
everything between A and B in a second variable, and everything after  
B in a third variable. Then, using a fourth variable that has the  
\mark "A", etc., you can string them together in any way you wish.