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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Written-out repeats</h5>
<p><a name="index-written_002dout-repeats-1172"></a><a name="index-repetitious-music-1173"></a><a name="index-repeats_002c-written_002dout-1174"></a><a name="index-repeat_002c-unfold-1175"></a><a name="index-unfold-music-1176"></a><a name="index-unfold-repeat-1177"></a><a name="index-unfold-repeat-with-alternate-endings-1178"></a><a name="index-unfold-music-with-alternate-endings-1179"></a><a name="index-alternate-ending-in-written_002dout-repeats-1180"></a><a name="index-unfold-1181"></a><a name="index-unfold-1182"></a>
<p>By using the <code>unfold</code> command, repeats can be used to simplify
the writing out of repetitious music. The syntax is
<pre class="example">\repeat unfold <var>repeatcount</var> <var>musicexpr</var>
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<p>where <var>musicexpr</var> is a music expression and <var>repeatcount</var> is
the number of times <var>musicexpr</var> is repeated.
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c1
\repeat unfold 2 { c4 d e f }
c1
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<p>Unfold repeats can be made with alternate endings. If there are
more repeats than there are alternate endings, the first
alternative ending is applied to the earliest endings.
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c1
\repeat unfold 2 { g4 f e d }
\alternative {
{ cis2 g' }
{ cis,2 b }
}
c1
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<h5 class="subsubheading">See also</h5>
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<p>Snippets: <a href="../../../input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Repeats.html#Repeats">Repeats</a>.
<p>Internals Reference: <a name="index-RepeatedMusic-1183"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/RepeatedMusic.html#RepeatedMusic">RepeatedMusic</a>,
<a name="index-UnfoldedRepeatedMusic-1184"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/UnfoldedRepeatedMusic.html#UnfoldedRepeatedMusic">UnfoldedRepeatedMusic</a>.
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