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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Percent repeats</h5>
<p><a name="index-percent-repeats-1185"></a><a name="index-measure-repeats-1186"></a><a name="index-repeat_002c-percent-1187"></a><a name="index-repeat_002c-measure-1188"></a><a name="index-repeat_002c-short-1189"></a><a name="index-g_t_005crepeat-percent-1190"></a><a name="index-g_t_005crepeat-percent-1191"></a>
<a name="index-percent-1192"></a><a name="index-percent-1193"></a>
<p>Repeated short patterns of notes are supported. The music is printed
once, and the pattern is replaced with a special sign. Patterns that
are shorter than one measure are replaced by slashes, and patterns of
one or two measures are replaced by percent-like signs. The syntax is
<pre class="example"><code>\repeat percent </code><var>number</var> <var>musicexpr</var>
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<p>where <var>musicexpr</var> is a music expression.
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\repeat percent 4 { c4 }
\repeat percent 2 { b4 a g f }
\repeat percent 2 { c2 es | f4 fis g c | }
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<h5 class="subsubheading">Selected Snippets</h5>
<p><em>Percent repeat counter</em>
<p>Measure repeats of more than two repeats can get a counter when the
convenient property is switched, as shown in this example:
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\relative c'' {
\set countPercentRepeats = ##t
\repeat percent 4 { c1 }
}
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<p><em>Isolated percent repeats</em>
<p>Isolated percents can also be printed. This is done by entering a
multi-measure rest with a different print function:
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<pre class="verbatim">
\relative c'' {
\override MultiMeasureRest #'stencil
= #ly:multi-measure-rest::percent
R1
}
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<h5 class="subsubheading">See also</h5>
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<p>Music Glossary: <a name="index-percent-repeat-1194"></a><a href="../music-glossary/percent-repeat.html#percent-repeat">percent repeat</a>, <a name="index-simile-1195"></a><a href="../music-glossary/simile.html#simile">simile</a>.
<p>Snippets: <a href="../../../input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Repeats.html#Repeats">Repeats</a>.
<p>Internals Reference: <a name="index-RepeatSlash-1196"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/RepeatSlash.html#RepeatSlash">RepeatSlash</a>,
<a name="index-PercentRepeat-1197"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/PercentRepeat.html#PercentRepeat">PercentRepeat</a>, <a name="index-DoublePercentRepeat-1198"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/DoublePercentRepeat.html#DoublePercentRepeat">DoublePercentRepeat</a>,
<a name="index-DoublePercentRepeatCounter-1199"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/DoublePercentRepeatCounter.html#DoublePercentRepeatCounter">DoublePercentRepeatCounter</a>,
<a name="index-PercentRepeatCounter-1200"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/PercentRepeatCounter.html#PercentRepeatCounter">PercentRepeatCounter</a>, <a name="index-PercentRepeatedMusic-1201"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/PercentRepeatedMusic.html#PercentRepeatedMusic">PercentRepeatedMusic</a>.
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<h5 class="subsubheading">Known issues and warnings</h5>
<p>Only three kinds of percent repeats are supported: a single slash
representing a single beat (regardless of the duration of the repeated
notes); a single slash with dots representing one full measure; and
two slashes with dots crossing a bar line representing two full
measures. Neither multiple slashes representing single beat repeats
consisting of sixteenth or shorter notes, nor two slashes with dots
representing single beat repeats consisting of notes of varying
durations, are supported.
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