Re: Repeat with alternatives

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On 03/10/15 06:58, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 19:30 02/10/2015 +0100, Anthony Youngman wrote:
>> At the end of the day, it's down to the conductor to make sure the
>> players know what they're doing.
> 
> But surely engraved music is designed to indicate this unambiguously? If
> the conductor needs to get involved, the representation has failed. If I
> compose music and publish ambiguous engravings, any conductor cannot
> know what I intended.
> 
Not really ...

In the Radetzky example it's pretty clear. It's just unusual. Which
means if the player hasn't checked their part (poor practice, I know)
and hits it unprepared, they're suddenly in a mess, not knowing where to go.

Have you ever hit the Hemel or Swindon magic roundabouts in a car? What
on earth do you do if you've never seen a magic roundabout before?
They're simple, ONCE you've twigged how they work, but coming upon one
unprepared is not the time to be trying to work out what to do!

Cheers,
Wol