Re: variables tied with slurs

[Alexander Wallace]

This is an interesting approach and it seems like I should be able to do what I 
want with it... I'm not entirely sure I understand why it works though, why the 
simultaneous rests create the tie on the snares ? I'm too new to both lilypond 
and music so please forgive my naiveness.

I would just need to figure out how to put all the rests in a variable too so 
that I would not have to have them explicitly typed so many times:

Thank you so much for your response!

Here is sort of how it would go:

% for a DrumVoice

A = \drummode { sn8 sn8 }
B = \drummode { sn8. sn16 }
C = \drummode { sn16 sn8. }

\score {
\new DrumStaff {

\new DrumVoice {
\time 2/4
<< { \A \A | s2 |\A \B | s2 |\A \C } { s8 s~ s s | s2 | s8 s~ s s | s2 | s8 s~ 
s s } >>
}
}
\layout { }
\midi { }
}



On Sep 27, 2013, at 1:39 AM, Jan-Peter Voigt wrote:

> 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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