Problems with Volta and three different endings

• Mar 2, 2012 - 21:04

Here you are.

In the attachment there is an example I created to show you this strange bug.
Ehm, yeah, maybe I'm using the "Volta" feature wrong... If so, please help me to make it work!

What I need to do is to playback with the following measure order:
1, 2 (refrain begins)
3, 4 (1st ending begins, so play it)
5, 6 (repeat sign: go to the begin of the refrain at measure 6)
3, 4 (go to the 2nd ending, at measure 6)
6 (repeat sign: go to the begin of the refrain, at measure 3)
3, 4 (go to the 3rd ending, at measure 7)
7, 8 (end)

What can I do to fix that?

Thanks.

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Three endings.mscz 2.1 KB

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• Mar 3, 2012 - 07:40

Only 2 bars of repetitions should be used.
You must implement the number of repetitions in the last bar of the last ending with its properties.
Unfortunately, the current version of MuseScore has a bug when more than two endings ( the measure behind the closing bar of repetition is played unexpectedly )
See attached score corrected ;)

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Three (goods) endings.mscz 2.13 KB

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• Mar 3, 2012 - 08:56

Thanks for the reply.

I tried your file with MuseScore 1.1 on Windows: when the program returns back to the begin of the refrain, after parts 1 and 2, it plays at the same time part 4... no problem with third part.
So, your score is correct (regarding international notation) but the application has a bug?

The repeat symbol (the one used at the end of any refrain) must be inserted only in the last bar of the last ending? Is it wrong to insert it at the end of each ending part?
Sorry, I'm learning piano since few months. :)

Thanks.
Kenny

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• Mar 4, 2012 - 07:45

There presently appears to be no way to have more than 3 repeats. The use of multiple verses where the melody varies to suit the wording can't be covered successfully. Would it not be feasible to have a single editable symbol with a removeable end, providing for a continuance of more than two bars or an extention to the next page
Editable text would also be an improvement, allowing directions such as "1,2 & 3 time" to be added.

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• Mar 4, 2012 - 13:35

To edit the text, right click and select properites. That's also where you'd adjust the appearance of the line itself. It should be possible to notate pretty much anything - as many verse as you want, with whatever text you want, etc. It just might not play back correctly.

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• Jun 11, 2013 - 10:42

Hello!

I am writing my own arrangement of the Doctor Who theme: I Am The Doctor.
I am going to start it in 4/4 the 4 first bars and then 7/8. But I can't find out how!
Can you please help me?

Thanks :)

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• Jun 11, 2013 - 14:44

If you just mean, you don't know how to change time signatures, simply drag one from the Time Signatures palette. Or, if the one you want doesn't exist, use Create -> Time Signatures and add your own.

If that isn't what you are asking, or if you have further questions, please start a new thread to ask new questions rather than tacking responses on to unrelated threads from last year :-)

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• Jul 3, 2017 - 20:57

After experiencing the same problem as the others, I finally found a hack that works.

Right click on the 2nd repeat, and choose Volta Properties. The Repeat List will show a value of 2, which is correct. But set it to nothing, and it works (for me). See my attachment.

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Dance_of_the_Maya.mscz 19.06 KB

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• Aug 13, 2017 - 21:55

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

After hours of googling and reading countless threads and trying everything I could think of, this was the thread that actually provided the help that I needed.
Said help is only here because of the necromancer, so I'd say the thread's age is quite irrelevant :)

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