diff --git a/packages/core/strudel.mjs b/packages/core/strudel.mjs
index 42dd4189..7a3d8685 100644
--- a/packages/core/strudel.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/strudel.mjs
@@ -616,18 +616,6 @@ class Pattern {
     return new Pattern(query);
   }
 
-  // squeezeJoin :: Pattern (Pattern a) -> Pattern a
-  // squeezeJoin pp = pp {query = q}
-  //   where q st = concatMap
-  //           (\e@(Event c w p v) ->
-  //              mapMaybe (munge c w p) $ query (compressArc (cycleArc $ wholeOrPart e) v) st {arc = p}
-  //           )
-  //           (query pp st)
-  //         munge oContext oWhole oPart (Event iContext iWhole iPart v) =
-  //           do w' <- subMaybeArc oWhole iWhole
-  //              p' <- subArc oPart iPart
-  //              return (Event (combineContexts [iContext, oContext]) w' p' v)
-
   _apply(func) {
     return func(this);
   }
@@ -689,6 +677,10 @@ class Pattern {
     return this._fast(Fraction(1).div(factor));
   }
 
+  _ply(factor) {
+    return this.fmap(x => pure(x)._fast(factor)).squeezeJoin()
+  }
+
   // cpm = cycles per minute
   _cpm(cpm) {
     return this._fast(cpm / 60);
@@ -885,6 +877,7 @@ Pattern.prototype.patternified = [
   'apply',
   'fast',
   'slow',
+  'ply',
   'cpm',
   'early',
   'late',
@@ -892,7 +885,7 @@ Pattern.prototype.patternified = [
   'legato',
   'velocity',
   'segment',
-  'color',
+  'color'
 ];
 // methods that create patterns, which are added to patternified Pattern methods
 Pattern.prototype.factories = { pure, stack, slowcat, fastcat, cat, timeCat, sequence, polymeter, pm, polyrhythm, pr };
@@ -1105,6 +1098,7 @@ const iter = curry((a, pat) => pat.iter(a));
 const iterBack = curry((a, pat) => pat.iter(a));
 const chunk = curry((a, pat) => pat.chunk(a));
 const chunkBack = curry((a, pat) => pat.chunkBack(a));
+const ply = curry((a, pat) => pat.ply(a));
 
 // problem: curried functions with spread arguments must have pat at the beginning
 // with this, we cannot keep the pattern open at the end.. solution for now: use array to keep using pat as last arg
@@ -1262,4 +1256,5 @@ export {
   iterBack,
   chunk,
   chunkBack,
+  ply,
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
index 76a6e418..88d18f32 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   tri,
   tri2,
   id,
+  ply,
 } from '../strudel.mjs';
 //import { Time } from 'tone';
 import pkg from 'tone';
@@ -498,4 +499,12 @@ describe('Pattern', function() {
       )
     })
   })
+  describe("ply", () => {
+    it("Can ply(3)", () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        sequence("a", ["b","c"]).ply(3).firstCycle(),
+        sequence(pure("a").fast(3), [pure("b").fast(3), pure("c").fast(3)]).firstCycle()
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })