Ok, here are some next steps. Only dealing with specifying pitch so far. The number of notes and their duration are both still hard-coded... -Paul
\version "2.18.0" % use this to see what the end result should look like: % \displayMusic { c'4 d e f } % ===> % Here it is: { #(make-music 'SequentialMusic 'elements (list (make-music 'NoteEvent 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1) 'pitch (ly:make-pitch 0 0 0)) (make-music 'NoteEvent 'pitch (ly:make-pitch -1 1 0) 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1)) (make-music 'NoteEvent 'pitch (ly:make-pitch -1 2 0) 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1)) (make-music 'NoteEvent 'pitch (ly:make-pitch -1 3 0) 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1)))) } % a function that accepts three arguments that are used to determine pitch: % octave note and alteration: makeFourQuarterNotes = #(define-music-function (parser location oct nt alt) (number? number? number?) (make-music 'SequentialMusic 'elements (list (make-music 'NoteEvent 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1) 'pitch (ly:make-pitch oct nt alt)) (make-music 'NoteEvent 'pitch (ly:make-pitch oct nt alt) 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1)) (make-music 'NoteEvent 'pitch (ly:make-pitch oct nt alt) 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1)) (make-music 'NoteEvent 'pitch (ly:make-pitch oct nt alt) 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1))))) { \makeFourQuarterNotes #1 #1 #0 \makeFourQuarterNotes #1 #2 #0 \makeFourQuarterNotes #0 #1 #-1/2 \makeFourQuarterNotes #0 #2 #1/2 } -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Help-with-music-function-generating-music-tp160833p160861.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user