`*n` Repeat

Play the item before it n times. Bare * is twice.

The copies form one group, so a mark after it covers all of them: kick*4 /2 is four kicks in two units.
* only repeats. It is not EBNF repetition; for that see &.

A cell repeated, and a repeat inside a repeat.

bpm 90
 
Beat ::= 1 5
 
Beat*4
{Beat 3}*2

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c4 g4 c4 g4 c4 g4 c4 g4 c4 g4 e4 c4 g4 e4

bpm 90
 
assert 1* == 1 1
1* 2* 3*4

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c4 c4 d4 d4 e4 e4 e4 e4

bpm 90
 
assert 1*4 /2 == 1 /2 1 /2 1 /2 1 /2
kick*4 /2 snare kick*4 /2 snare

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c2 c2 c2 c2 d2 c2 c2 c2 c2 d2