Re: constructing a jazz piece

[David Bobroff]

Stan Mulder wrote:
> In constructing a small combo piece, I'm not sure how to modularize individual
> parts. 
>
> For example, notes are specific to a certain instrument whereas a segno
> or coda is common to all parts. 
>
> I'm confused as to where these things get inserted.
>
> For example, Do I put the coda symbol in each of the trumpet, trombone and
> clarinet parts or do I do keep each individual part as simple as possible and
> add the coda instructions at a higher level?  
>
> And then when each individual part is printed out the codas and segnos are all
> there. I hope that makes sense.
>
> Is there an example somewhere? I'm using "jazz-combo.ly" as a basis for my 
> piece.
>
>
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What I do is to put road-map stuff (key changes, time changes, repeats, 
segnos etc.) in a 'global' block.  Then I combine that with parts for 
the individual part scores, and with the top staff in the main score.

Hope this helps.

David