Re: Markup for repeated notes or phrases

[David Kastrup]

Stephan Neuhaus <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear list,
>
> I have a piece that contains phrases that are repeated often. For
> example, let us assume that the phrase consists of two sixteenth notes.
> In the piece in question, the unit of repetition is in fact much longer;
> this is just an example. So I have done this:
>
> phrase = { c16 d16 }
> \relative c' { \repeat unfold 8 \phrase }
>
> But the composer has sometimes put expressive marks on some of the notes
> in the phrase, some of the time. For example:
>
> \relative c' { c16 d c d c d c d\staccato c d c d c d c d }
>
> Obviously I could do
>
> \relative c' {
>   \repeat unfold 3 \phrase
>   c d\staccato
>   \repeat unfold 4 \phrase
> }
>
> But this obscures the fact that the "c d\staccato" is the same as
> "\phrase", just with expression markings added. (When the unit of
> repetition is several bars long, this is not as obvious as in this
> simplified example.)
>
> Is there an elegant way to keep the structure visible, and yet to add
> markings to selected parts of \phrase?

You can do

phrase = { c16 d16 }
\relative c' \new Voice
<<
  \repeat unfold 8 \phrase
  { s8*3 s16 s16\staccato }
>>

-- 
David Kastrup