I am transcribing a piece that is filled with the rhythmic motif "8. 16 8"
at different pitches. Being a LaTeX user, I want to write a macro like
\myrithm{c a g}. I found the documentation for Scheme functions, and how to
edit whole music sections, but nothing on how to insert a fixed number of
pitches. As I understand it, ly:music is an arbitrary music expression, so
I cannot restrict it to just three pitches.

This is what I managed to put together, but doesn't quite work. Anyone can
suggest how to fix it?


/David.

\version "2.19.83"
\language "english"

myrithm =
#(define-music-function
 (parser location first second third)
  (first second third)
  (ly:pitch? ly:pitch? ly:pitch?)
  #{
    #first 8. #second 16 #third 8
  #})

\score {
  <<
    %\new Staff {\relative do' {\myrithm{c, d, e}}}
    \new Staff  {\time 6/8 \relative c' {c4. c \myrithm a' b e  \myrithm {e
d c} c c c }} %Two different ways of calling it, neither works.
  >>
  \layout {
  }
}

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