David Sumbler <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 19:01 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: >> David Sumbler <[email protected]> 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.
It produces a note with the visual of bf8 but 8 times its length. That's a perfectly normal LilyPond construct. The "problem" is that most people get acquainted with scaled lengths in the context of R1*8, full-bar rests. And then they tend to think this means "produce 8 times an R1" when it actually means "produce full-bar rests until 1*8 has expired" and is fully equivalent to R8*64 (for example). -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
