Valentin, my friend, thank you so much. If I may trouble you again, I've encountered a problem while trying to use your method. I've applied it to a 5/4 two bar theme (similar to the case I presented before); however, by removing the "superfluous" time signatures the engraving breaks. I'm trying to remove those unnecessary time signatures because they stand out. [image: image.png] \version "2.24.4"
makeDPercent = #(define-music-function (duration) (ly:duration?) "Make a double percent repeat of given duration." (make-music 'DoublePercentEvent 'length (ly:duration-length duration))) music = { \new TabStaff \with { \tabFullNotation} \relative { \time 5/4 \repeat volta 4 { \repeat unfold 2 {c16 c d8\5 d\5} \repeat unfold 2 {c16 c d8\5} \repeat unfold 2 {c16 c d8\5 d\5} c16 c d8\5 <c f>4 \alternative { {\after 4*5 \time 5/4 % if I remove this time signature the project won't engrave. \makeDPercent 4*10 } {\repeat unfold 2 {c16 c d8\5 d\5} \repeat unfold 2 {c16 c d8\5} <a d>2.~ <a d>2} } % end alternative } % end ritornelo\volta } % end relative } % end variable \score { \music } %\score { \unfoldRepeats \music } Best regards, Lucas Em qua., 7 de ago. de 2024 às 07:05, Valentin Petzel <valen...@petzel.at> escreveu: > Am Mittwoch, 7. August 2024, 06:53:02 MESZ schrieb Lucas Cavalcanti: > > Hello. I'm migrating from Guitar Pro to Lilypond and I'm trying to > > replicate something that I've always done in my scores and lead sheets: > > [image: image.png] > > I'm having a bit of a pickle while trying to recreate this score, > > especially because of two factors: > > 1. Lilypond's way of writing percent repeats. > > 2. The frequent/periodical time signature changes (6/4 to 5/4). > > > > Is there a way to make a score that looks like this? > > > > Best regards, > > Lucas > > Hello Lucas, > > first let’s write out your score: > > \new TabStaff \with { > \tabFullNotation > } \relative { > \time 6/4 > e,8 e e d'\5 e, e c' d\5 f d c d\5 > \time 5/4 > e, e e d'\5 e, e f' d f g\4 > } > > Now how do we get percent repeats? We can simply do \repeat percent count > ...: > > \new TabStaff \with { > \tabFullNotation > } \relative { > \repeat percent 2 { > \time 6/4 > e,8 e e d'\5 e, e c' d\5 f d c d\5 > \time 5/4 > e, e e d'\5 e, e f' d f g\4 > } > } > > But note how this does not apply the time changes. So we need to specify > them > ourselves: > > \new TabStaff \with { > \tabFullNotation > } \relative { > \after 4*11 \time 6/4 > \after 4*17 \time 5/4 > \repeat percent 2 { > \time 6/4 > e,8 e e d'\5 e, e c' d\5 f d c d\5 > \time 5/4 > e, e e d'\5 e, e f' d f g\4 > } > } > > So how do we get repeats? In simple cases we can use \repeat volta count > ... > and \alternative for the voltas. Now here this is a bit complicated, as > essentially the first alternative is actually a repeat. > > So instead of using \repeat percent we’ll need to manually place the > Percent > repeat signs: > > makeDPercent = > #(define-music-function (duration) (ly:duration?) > "Make a double percent repeat of given duration." > (make-music 'DoublePercentEvent > 'length (ly:duration-length duration))) > > \new TabStaff \with { > \tabFullNotation > } \relative { > \repeat volta 4 { > \time 6/4 > e,8 e e d'\5 e, e c' d\5 f d c d\5 | > \time 5/4 > e, e e d'\5 e, e f' d f g\4 | > \alternative { > { > \time 6/4 > \after 1. \time 5/4 > \makeDPercent 4*11 > } > { > \time 6/4 > e, e e d'\5 e, e c' d\5 f d c d\5~ | > \time 5/4 > d1*5/4\5 > } > } > } > \section > } > > Cheers, > Valentin