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copied!<p>Ok, so here is a function I created for you, which will allow you to repeat single pitches. The only catch is that it won't use the <code>\relative</code> notation. This is because, in relative notation, the following sequence of notes <code>c' c' c'</code> will obviously be one octave higher than the preceding one. Unfortunately I still could not find a way to have a function such as <code>\function #3 c'</code> that would output <code>c' c c</code>. That said, here is my function and some examples:</p> <pre><code>\version "2.17.28" times = #(define-music-function (parser location N note) (integer? ly:music?) (cond ((>= N 2) #{ \repeat unfold $N { \absolute $note } #} ) ((= N 1) #{ \absolute $note #} ) ) ) { a4 \times #3 b4 R1 \times #4 { c'8 d' } R1 \times #1 { c''1 } } </code></pre> <p>So the syntax is simply <code>\times #"number of repetition" { ...music... }</code>. If only one note is to be repeated, you can omit both <code>{</code> and <code>}</code>: <code>\times #"number of repetition" "single note"</code>. </p> <p>You can use this function in the middle of a <code>\relative</code> passage, but then you should enter the pitches for the function as absolute pitches. Have a look:</p> <pre><code>\version "2.17.28" times = #(define-music-function (parser location N note) (integer? ly:music?) (cond ((>= N 2) #{ \repeat unfold $N { \absolute $note } #} ) ((= N 1) #{ \absolute $note #} ) ) ) \relative c'' { c4 d \times #4 e'' f g } </code></pre> <p>Note that all notes above are in the same octave. The octave position the note <code>f</code> is also NOT influenced by this function, it is influenced by the note preceding the function, i.e., the <code>d</code>.</p> <p>For sure there is a way to write a better code for this, but I wasn't able to do the trick with neither any <code>\relative</code> nor <code>\transpose</code> commands.</p> <hr> <p>And here is some attempt to help you with your parenthesized octave (same function above but with some small alterations):</p> <pre><code>\version "2.17.28" timesP = #(define-music-function (parser location N note) (integer? ly:music?) (cond ((>= N 2) #{ << \repeat unfold $N { \absolute $note } \transpose c c' \repeat unfold $N { \absolute \parenthesize $note } >> #} ) ((= N 1) #{ << \absolute $note { \transpose c c' \parenthesize $note } >> #} ) ) ) { a4 \timesP #3 b4 \timesP #8 c'16 \timesP #2 g4 \timesP #4 { c'8 d' } % no parenthesis here because there are two notes as arguments... \timesP #1 { c''1 } % no parenthesis here because of the { } } \relative c'' { c4 d \timesP #4 e'' f g } </code></pre> <p>There are still some catches here: this function will only parenthesize when the argument is a single note written without <code>{ }</code>. This is well commented on the code above.</p> <hr> <p>I hope this will help you somehow. If I come across the solution for the octave transposition problem here, I will update this answer.</p>

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