Re: function for a certain number of barrests

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Thomas <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear community,
> I wanted to create a function for a certain number of barrests.
> I've tried it with
> \version "2.16.2"
> \layout { \context { \Score skipBars = ##t } }
>
>     fourquarterBarrest = #(define-music-function (parser location x)
>     (number?)
>     #{ % in der folgenden Zeile Lilypondcode eingeben 
>     \time 4/4 
>     \scaleDurations #(cons $x 1) { s1 }
>     #}) 
> But this fails.
> Has someone an idea how to make it work?

Whatever a "barrest" is supposed to be.  Writing x instead of $x should
do the trick, but frankly, I don't consider this much of an improvement
over

s1*7

and it is not clear to me why you are putting the \time 4/4 in there.

-- 
David Kastrup