Re: Repeat tremolo question

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 03.05.2017 um 21:09 schrieb Menu Jacques:
> The LPNR gives as example:
>   
> \relative c'' {
>         \repeat tremolo 8 { c16 d }
>         \repeat tremolo 6 { c16 d }
>         \repeat tremolo 2 { c16 d }
> }
>
> I found by experimenting with 2.19.55 that chords can be used in such tremolos.

Of course they can!

> The doc doesn’t explicitly exclude unequal durations, such as:
>
>         \repeat tremolo 8 { c16 d8 }
>
> Is that meaningful from a musical point of view? Should the doc mention that 
> case, either positively or negatively?

No, it’s not meaningful (or rather, there’s no notation for that). I 
don’t think the docs should mention it; you might be the first one to 
come up with the idea… :-)

Best, Simon