On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 19:01 +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> David Sumbler <da...@aeolia.co.uk> 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.
I'm using v.2.19.40, and so far as I can see it only works in the sense
that the compiler doesn't produce an error.
> 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.
Agreed, and since this possibility was introduced, I have been using it
quite a lot.
David
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