Dear Lukas,
thanks for Your reply.
The file You've sent to me works exactly as I want it!
Many thanks!
The original code by Rune Zedeler, can be found here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-12/msg00136.html
Am Do., 17. Sept. 2020 um 11:30 Uhr schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de>:
> Hi Stefan,
> Am 17.09.20 um 10:02 schrieb Stefan Thomas:
>
> Dear community,
> the following code is very old, written by Rune Zedeler, but it is very
> useful.
> It allows You define a motive like:
> \motiv #'Stefan {c'8 d' c' d' e2}
> and later it can be used like this:
> \Stefan {e f g }
> and You will get
> {e8 f e f g2 }
> it can save a lot of typing.
> Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work with lilypond 2.20.0
> Has someone an idea, how I can get it working with lilypond 2.20.0?
> Thanks in advance for any hint!
> Here is the definition, that works with 2.18.2.:
>
> [...]
>
> Please make sure that you give complete and correct descriptions of the
> problem:
>
> - First, it's easier to help you (and most people are, with good reasons,
> only willing to do so) if you provide _complete_ files. It's a good idea to
> test compiling them immediately before sending your mail :-).
>
> - Second, please make sure your claims are correct: Combining your "motiv"
> definition with your usage examples \motiv #'Stefan ... and \Stefan { e f g
> } gives a file that works neither with 2.18.2 nor with a current version of
> LilyPond. (One reason it can't work with 2.18.2 is that somebody already
> removed half of the then mandatory "parser" and "location" arguments, so I
> suspect you already tried convert-ly.)
>
> Now for the actual problem: The \motiv function turns _pitches_ (in the
> given rhythmical motif) into "indices" into a list of pitches you provide.
> In doing so, c' is taken to mean "first pitch", "d'" means "second pitch",
> and so on. So the problem lies in your definition of
>
> \motiv #'Stefan {c'8 d' c' d' e2}
>
> where "e" means "-5th pitch" (count downwards from c'!) Nobody knows what
> the -5th pitch in a list might be :-).
>
> Find attached a version working in current LilyPond. The only things I
> changed in the definition of \motiv are the omission of parser/location
> (not needed anymore) and reformatting.
>
> Lukas
>
