Thanks again Alexander--- thats the third time today you've bailed me out! Hope I can return same someday.
--hgsm On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Alexander Kobel <n...@a-kobel.de> wrote: > Hugh Myers wrote: >> >> Given: >> >> flashNote = #(define-music-function (parser location note)(ly:music?) #{ >> $note s2. \pageBreak >> #} >> ) >> >> I'd like to modify it so that a fixed duration for the note can be >> within the function rather than in the calling sequence. [...] >> I've tried various versions of $note4, {$note}4 etc--- all producing >> errors of course. Clues? Suggestions? > > Inside the music function, note is essentially an arbitrary music > expression, so you can't just attach the length, as you recognized. > Basically, you'd have to parse the whole music expression, and replace the > chord durations by a quarter. > Luckily, there's already a function called \makeRhythm in > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=390 , doing exactly this. With this > included, > > flashNote = #(define-music-function (parser location note)(ly:music?) #{ > \makeRhythm $note "4" s2. \pageBreak > #} > ) > > should do what you want. > > > Cheers, > Alexander > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user