diff --git a/packages/core/strudel.mjs b/packages/core/strudel.mjs
index d8e6d525..f5a2f2f1 100644
--- a/packages/core/strudel.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/strudel.mjs
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class Pattern {
     return this.innerBind(id);
   }
 
-  squeezeJoin() {
+  _squeezeJoin() {
     const pat_of_pats = this;
     function query(state) {
       const haps = pat_of_pats.query(state);
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ class Pattern {
     return new Pattern(query);
   }
 
+  _squeezeBind(func) {
+    return this.fmap(func).squeezeBind();
+  }
+
   _apply(func) {
     return func(this);
   }
@@ -678,7 +682,7 @@ class Pattern {
   }
 
   _ply(factor) {
-    return this.fmap(x => pure(x)._fast(factor)).squeezeJoin()
+    return this.fmap(x => pure(x)._fast(factor))._squeezeJoin()
   }
 
   // cpm = cycles per minute
diff --git a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
index 88d18f32..a42b9a53 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
@@ -491,10 +491,10 @@ describe('Pattern', function() {
       )
     })
   })
-  describe("squeezeJoin", () => {
+  describe("_squeezeJoin", () => {
     it("Can squeeze", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
-        sequence("a", ["a","a"]).fmap(a => fastcat("b", "c")).squeezeJoin().firstCycle(),
+        sequence("a", ["a","a"]).fmap(a => fastcat("b", "c"))._squeezeJoin().firstCycle(),
         sequence(["b", "c"],[["b", "c"],["b", "c"]]).firstCycle()
       )
     })