Re: Repeated notes

[David Kastrup]

David Sumbler <address@hidden> writes:

> Is there a quick way to write repeated notes?
>
> I know that I can write 
>
> \repeat unfold 8 { bf8 }
>
> instead of 
>
> bf8 bf bf bf bf bf bf bf
>
>
> But is there a simpler way?  Perhaps something along the lines of 
>
> bf8*8
>
> (which, as it stands, doesn't work, of course).

It does work, but you probably don't like its result.  At any rate, I
like

bf8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

better.  Particularly useful for percussion, but generally useful for
rhythmical patterns on the same pitch/chord.  It doesn't save all that
much typing but the result tends to be clearer to read when leaving off
the pitches rather than the lengths.

I think it's 2.19 stuff, though.

-- 
David Kastrup