Re: Can an identifier contain a \score?

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Sunday 06 November 2005 05:47 pm, Mark Cookson wrote:
> I'm going to use Lilypond to write out some scales for my students, 
and I'd
> like to define each scale as an identifier, so that I can then simply
> \include a file full of scale definitions and type the name of each 
scale I
> want to write out for a particular student.
> 
> When I do it this way...
> 
> cmajoroneoctave = {
> \new Staff << \relative c' {
> \override Staff.TimeSignature #'transparent = ##t \cadenzaOn c8[ d e 
f] g[ a
> b c] b[ a g f] e[ d] c4 \cadenzaOff \bar "||"
> }
> >> }
> 
> \book { \header {\title = "Grade 5 Scales"}
> \score {
> \cmajoroneoctave}
> }
> 
> 
> 
> ...things work fine, but what I'd really like to do is to make the 
\score
> block part of the \cmajoroneoctave identifier, so that the \book block 
can
> just contain a list of scale names.
> 
> However, I can't seem to get anything along these lines...
> 
> cmajoroneoctave = { \score {
> \new Staff << \relative c' {
> \override Staff.TimeSignature #'transparent = ##t \cadenzaOn c8[ d e 
f] g[ a
> b c] b[ a g f] e[ d] c4 \cadenzaOff \bar "||"
> }
> }
> >> }
> 
> \book { \header {\title = "Grade 5 Scales"}
> \cmajoroneoctave
> }
> 
> ...to work.
> Am I just using the wrong syntax, or is this not possible?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Mark
> 

Meanwhile, why not do this by selective removal of comments? daveA

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