How to score this sort of thing for repeats?
So, I have a score, I have the intro, and then an A section, and then a B section, and then an interlude, and then after the B section, I want to go back to the A section, so I'd use a dal segno for that, but then on this next pass through, I'd like it to skip past the interlude, which normally I'd use a to coda, except that would come first when reading it, which would make you skip the interlude on the first pass, and never even do the dal segno.
How does that work?
Also, if anyone knows some videos or resources that cover all situations for skips and jumps, I'd be very interested in that, because I get hung up on things like this often enough.
This is primarily for humans I mean, not for musescore playback. Thanks!
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I'm trying to follow this.
Intro, A, B, interlude. Then what? B, A?
In reply to I'm trying to follow this… by bobjp
No, sorry. Intro, A, B, interlude, A, B, skip interlude, other stuffs to end.
In reply to No, sorry. Intro, A, B,… by a-muse-sing
OK. One way is attached.
A=part A
B=part B
C=interlude
D=ending stuff
Coda.mscz
In reply to OK. One way is attached. A… by bobjp
Looks like you omitted the Intro.
The OP stated:
I want to go back to the A section, so I'd use a dal segno for that...
That's what is needed.
The D.C. al Coda works without an Intro. Accounting for an Intro. would require a D.S. al Coda - to return to section A.
In reply to Looks like you omitted the… by Jm6stringer
Fine :)
Coda1.mscz
In reply to Fine :) [inline:Coda1.mscz] by bobjp
Dang, I have an older version of musescore that can't open that. Did you make it with musescore 4?
Is it possible to render as a pdf so I could see it maybe or something like that?
In reply to Dang, I have an older… by a-muse-sing
Both of these are the same. The mxl. should open MS3. The mscz should also. If the mscz icon isn't light blue, then you may need to right click on it and select MS3. I made it in MS3 but because I have MS4 installed it is jealous and wants to take over everything :)
Coda1.mxl Coda1.mscz
In reply to Both of these are the same… by bobjp
Thanks! Sorry, I lost track of this. Interesting. I actually sort of had done it this way for some reason, but that's confusing to me reading it. So, one should never do the "To coda" if there's a Segno before it I guess? That's just a rule always?
In reply to Thanks! Sorry, I lost track… by a-muse-sing
Yes. All three items work together. That doesn't mean that you can't use some kind of staff text to indicate what you want to happen. MuseScore won't be able to follow it. But real players could with some explanation in a preface.
In reply to Thanks! Sorry, I lost track… by a-muse-sing
You wrote:
So, one should never do the "To coda" if there's a Segno before it I guess? That's just a rule always?
Look at this image (from bobjp's score):
![Segno.png]( "Segno.png")
The notation shown above is correct.
So, for clarity, what do you mean by "never do the 'To coda' if there's a Segno before it"?
In reply to You wrote: So, one should… by Jm6stringer
What I mean is like in your example, if I see there is a segno, I should ignore all "to coda" until I have returned to the segno. Otherwise, skipping to the coda will skip over the "dal segno". So, all "to coda" should be ignored, if you have a segno you haven't returned to yet, right? That's standard? Sorry, I didn't mean you shouldn't write it like that, I chose my words poorly, I should have said "one should ignore all to coda, until the dal segno has been accomplished, as a general rule."
In reply to What I mean is like in your… by a-muse-sing
Yes, you are correct. The word "Coda" is taken from Italian, meaning 'tail' - so the "end".
The 'To Coda' is skipped over (but not ignored) until all significant instructions are followed.
Otherwise, as you correctly observed, some parts of the score would never get played if the 'To Coda' is honored immediately when encountered.
In reply to What I mean is like in your… by a-muse-sing
@a-muse-sing... On second thought - and just for fun.
You wrote:
Also, if anyone knows some videos or resources that cover all situations for skips and jumps, I'd be very interested in that, because I get hung up on things like this often enough.
You asked for it!:
Crazy_Happy_Birthday.mscz
This doesn't cover "all situations" but is nonetheless "amusing".
Of course, no one would actually publish a song with jumps like that. ;-)
In reply to @a-muse-sing... On second… by Jm6stringer
I love it! And it´s very useful, thanks.
In reply to @a-muse-sing... On second… by Jm6stringer
Thanks! That's good key information there. Coda is tail, which means you save it for last, that will make my life easier lol.
Lol, that wasn't confusing at all!