Re: variables tied with slurs

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Hello Alexander,

the \drums command implicitly creates a new DrumStaff, so I recommend 
using \drummode for this purpose.
If you have basic patterns, which shall receive "random" ties, you can 
create SimultaneousMusic with a << >> construct and overlay the patterns 
with the needed ties:

--snip--

% for a normal Voice
A = \relative { c8 c }
\new Staff \new Voice << { \A \A } { s8 s~ s s } >>

% for a DrumVoice
B = \drummode { sn8 sn }
\new DrumStaff \new DrumVoice << { \B \B } { s8 s~ s s } >>

--snip--

HTH
Cheers, Jan-Peter

Am 27.09.2013 05:23, schrieb Alexander Wallace:
> Hi all,
>
> For study purposes, i want to do 128 rithmic patterns composed of 7 basic 
> rithmic patterns combined via a tie.
>
> Rather than writing the 128 patterns separately I'd love to write the basic 7 
> as variables and then just reuse them.
>
> Say that I write:
>
> A = \drums { sn8 sn8 }
>
> How could I write the equivalent of
>
> \drums { sn8 sn8 ~ sn8 sn8 }
>
> using variables?
>
> This doesn't work:
>
> { \A ~ \A }
>
> Is there any way?
>
> Thank you so much in advance.
>
>
>
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