Re: Music function for arrow directions in arpeggios

[Simon Albrecht]

On 23.02.2016 16:14, Abraham Lee wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Malte Meyn <address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
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>     Am 23.02.2016 um 15:52 schrieb Caio Giovaneti de Barros:
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>         I'm trying to write a function to make easier for me to change
>         arrow
>         directions in arpeggios.
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>     I would prefer an event function with a tweak:
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>     \version "2.19.36"
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>     arpeggioUp = \tweak arpeggio-direction #UP \arpeggio
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>     \relative c' { <c c' e>\arpeggioUp }
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> I like this a lot and I feel like I've seen this exact discussion 
> before, but it didn't result in any core changes.
>
> Dev Team,
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> Any reason \arpeggioArrowUp and \arpeggioArrowDown can't be defined 
> this way from the beginning? Is there a use-case where the 
> "\arpeggioArrowUp <c c' e> \arpeggio" way is necessary?

Surely it is a question of priorities. Do such alternating patterns 
occur more often than situations with arpeggio direction changing once 
in a while, but each change holds for several subsequent chords? That’s 
the question. (I cannot answer.)

Best, Simon