Re: How to add a \mark every 8 measures?

[Heather W. Reichgott]

Hi Mike,
Thanks! Works great.
Heather

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Mike Solomon <address@hidden> wrote:
> \version "2.13.32"
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> <<
> \relative c' { \repeat unfold 64 { a b c d } }
> { \repeat unfold 8 { \mark "foo" s1*8 } }
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>
> The only Scheme programming you'd need is if you didn't know exactly how
> long the piece was, in which case there's a function ly:music-length that'll
> get you the length of a snippet of music.  I'm not sure where to go from
> there...thoughts?
>
> ~Mike
>
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> On 9/3/10 9:11 PM, "Heather W. Reichgott" <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm working on a bunch of music for dance class accompanying. It is
>> very useful to have a mark above the barline every 8 measures. (Right
>> now, I go through my paper scores and make a pencil slash above the
>> barline every 8 measures for every piece I play.)
>>
>> With Lilypond is there any way to create a function that will add a
>> mark every 8 measures? It doesn't so much matter what the mark is. I
>> would like something simple, like \mark "/", but if it has to be the
>> automatic alphabet marks that's ok too.
>>
>> I understand that Scheme programming will probably be involved. My
>> Scheme is very rusty but I'm willing to give it a try.
>>
>> thanks, Heather
>>
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