> In piobaireachd, a section which plays
> | AA | AA | BB | AA | BB | BB | AA | BB ||
> is generally put on the page as
> |:: ["twice first time" AA] | ["twice second time" BB] ::|
> i.e.
> |:: [1x2,2,3 AA] | [1,2x2,3 BB] ::|
I don't understand how either the second or third represent the first.
Isn't this kind of repeat exactly what ABC's "P:" construct is good at?
Write your structure like this:
[header]
P:XXYX YYXY
[body]
P:X
|:A:|
P:Y
|:B:|
I posted an example here a while back ("Weighing from Land") using the
P: construct that way, along with BarFly macros to get it shorter, and
I represented the entire content of the Kilberry (I think) edition except
for the variable-length gracenotes; the ABC in the tune body was pretty
much symbol-for-symbol isomorphic with standard piobaireachd notation.
Obviously I picked a nicely regular example, but, while there may be
essential uses for the extra notation you're suggesting, I don't think
piobaireachd is one of them.
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