6.7.4 Manual repeat commands

The property repeatCommands can be used to control the layout of repeats. Its value is a Scheme list of repeat commands.

start-repeat

Print a |: bar line.

end-repeat

Print a :| bar line.

(volta text)

Print a volta bracket saying text: The text can be specified as a text string or as a markup text, see Text markup. Do not forget to change the font, as the default number font does not contain alphabetic characters;

(volta #f)

Stop a running volta bracket.

     
     c4
       \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "93") end-repeat)
     c4 c4
       \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f))
     c4 c4

See also

Program reference: VoltaBracket, RepeatedMusic, VoltaRepeatedMusic, UnfoldedRepeatedMusic, and FoldedRepeatedMusic.

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