Re: Repeat with alternatives

[Jacques Menu]

Hello,

I’ve sometimes played scores with « 1st time only » and « 2nd time only » in 
such cases.
Is that often used by professional engravers?

JM

> Le 2 oct. 2015 à 20:27, David Wright <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Quoting Johan Vromans (address@hidden):
>> On Thu, 01 Oct 2015 19:41:21 +0100
>> Anthonys Lists <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Anyways, I think we've all missed the OPs problem. As he phrased it, I 
>>> understand he wants
>>> 
>>> {fixed part 1} {alternative 1} {alternative 2} {fixed part 2} repeat
>> 
>> I'm not familiar with a clean notation for the above. 
> 
> Nor me. It would usually help if the OP could post an example of what
> they wanted, either published or cobbled together.
> 
>> For the normal repeat, with alternative endings, this would be
>> 
>>   |: fixed part 1 |1 alterrnative 1 :|2 alternative 2 |
>> 
>> Would this be understood by the average musician?
>> 
>>   |: fixed part 1 |1 alterrnative 1 |2 alternative 2 | fixed part 2 :|
> 
> Understood? Well "my" attached "partial solution" (which I've
> completed only by using inkscape) would be understood in such a small
> piece. If it ran over several pages, then perhaps not. But even then,
> it couldn't be misunderstood upon reflection, because all its elements
> are used in a completely conventional manner. The only unusual thing
> is seeing no :| at the end of closed volta brackets (because you don't
> go back at that point).
> 
> Liked? Don't know. What do people think?
> 
> Useful? Well, it's funny how a piece immediately pops up that could
> benefit from such a construction. I'm looking at a copy of "When rooks
> fly homeward" by Arthur Baynon. It's a piece with two verses of 9 bars
> each, where the music for each verse is identical apart from the fifth
> bar whose rhythm is 8 4 8 4 4 and then 4 8 8 4 4.
> If I were asked to produce a copy on two staves for an accompanist
> (something I have often done), it would be an ideal candidate for this
> construction, though I certainly would not use half-bars.
> (But as it is, it's simple enough for most choirs to sight-read with
> no accompaniment, but for one soprano typo in that 84844 bar.)
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
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