# Motivating examples for (squeeze)Join

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**Created:** [2 September 2026 11:17 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/motivating-examples-for-squeeze-join/6213 "2026-09-02T11:17:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/mrreason/32/3203_2.png) [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)\
**Post date:** [2 September 2026 18:06 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/motivating-examples-for-squeeze-join/6213/2 "2026-09-02T18:06:56Z")

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I am a huge fan of `squeezeJoin`. Naturally it is used with the `inhabit` function. I use this to create progressions and drum beats. It means, that you can control a pattern with a pattern like this:

```haskell
do
let drum pt f = inhabit [
      ("1", f $ s "[bd(3,8), hh*4]" )
      ,("2", f $ s "[bd*4, ~ sn, hh*4 hh*8]" )
      ,("f1",f $ s "sn!2 bd!4 sn!2 tom:1! tom:0!" )
      ] pt
    bubu = (fast "<1 1 2 1>" . ply "<1!3 1>" ) 
d1 $ drum "<1 2 1 f1>" (bubu) 

```

And then you can decide whether you want to apply a function on the outer or the inner pattern. I have a custom implementation for this but basically I use it like in the code snippet above, i.e.

```haskell
drums (inner_pattern_function "1") outer_pattern_function

```

For a live coding performance I use numbers to control a pattern, because it is really easy to change the numbers with a simple shortcut in NeoVim.

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