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	Many times a piece will repeat the same rhythm on different notes. This is tedious to write manually. This snippet allows for easy creation of rhythm templates.		Many times a piece will repeat the same rhythm on different notes. This is tedious to write manually. This snippet allows for easy creation of rhythm templates.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=465		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=465

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:37:59Z

Import snippet from LSR

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Many times a piece will repeat the same rhythm on different notes. This is tedious to write manually. This snippet allows for easy creation of rhythm templates.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=465

%LSR This snippet was contributed by Jay Anderson
%=> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general/37271
%LSR upgraded by Harm on Feb.2014 for v2.18
%LSR upgraded by David Kastrup on Feb.2014 for v2.18
%=> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/LSR-v-2-18-quot-Easy-Rhythm-Template-Creation-quot-does-not-compile-tt159397.html#a159859

rhythmTemplate =
#(define-scheme-function (pattern) (ly:music?)
(define-music-function (chord) (ly:music?)
(make-relative (chord) chord
(map-some-music
(lambda (m)
(and (music-is-of-type? m 'skip-event)
(let ((dur (ly:music-property m 'duration))
(art (ly:music-property m 'articulations))
(res (ly:music-deep-copy chord)))
;; transfer duration of skip to all elements with duration
(for-some-music
(lambda (c)
(and (ly:duration? (ly:music-property c 'duration))
(begin
(set! (ly:music-property c 'duration) dur)
#t)))
res)
;; transfer articulations of skip to all relevant targets
(for-some-music
(lambda (c)
(let ((prop
(cond ((music-is-of-type? c 'event-chord) 'elements)
((music-is-of-type? c 'rhythmic-event) 'articulations)
(else #f))))
(and prop
(begin
(set! (ly:music-property c prop)
(append (ly:music-property c prop)
art))
#t))))
res)
res)))
(ly:music-deep-copy pattern)))))

rhya = \rhythmTemplate { s8.-> s16 s8 }
rhyb = \rhythmTemplate { s8[ r16 s16 s8] }
rhyc = \rhythmTemplate { s16 s~ s4 }

rhyd = \rhythmTemplate { \times 2/3 { s8 s8 s8 } s4 s4 s8 s8 s4 }
rhye = \rhythmTemplate { \times 2/3 { s8---\pp s8-- s8-- } s4--
s4-- s8-- s8-- s4-- }
rhyf = \rhythmTemplate { \times 2/3 { s4 \times 2/3 { s8 s-> s } s4 } }

\score
{
\new Staff \relative c'
{
\time 6/8
\rhya c \rhyb c' |
\rhya <c, e> \rhyb <c f> |
\rhyc <c e> \rhyc <c d> |
\time 5/4
\rhyd c
\rhyd e
\rhye <c e g>
\time 4/4
\rhyf c \rhyf d
}
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Rhythms]]
[[Category:Syntax and expressions]]
[[Category:Scheme]]
[[Category:Automatic notation]]