Bar numbers
Following a 1st/2nd time bar, the next bar is numbered as if the 1st and 2nd time bars count as one bar each. For example, the first bar of a new phrase after a repeated four-bar phrase where 1st time bar is played first time, and 2nd time bar when repeating, will be numbered bar 6. Is it possible to renumber as bar 5, or should I switch off bar number facility? (Thank you to Musescore Team. I am finding the programme very useful).
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See http://musescore.org/en/handbook/measure-operations
In reply to See by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, Jojo-Schmitz.. I had read the notes before but your reply helped me attend more closely and thus resolve the issue!.
In reply to Bar numbers by joy.slade@ntlw…
BTW, you are of course free to notate however you like, but do be aware that what you are proposing is definitely *not* standard behavior. Measures in voltas are almost invariably counted in published music. Otherwise, you,lack the ability to reference those measures uniquely in rehearsal, which is the whole point of measure numbers.
In reply to BTW, you are of course free by Marc Sabatella
According to this essay (5.4, it's a good practice to put the same number on the second volta (and so to omit it) and to denote the different measures with a and b for example. When you extract the parts and the music is the same below the two voltas for a given part, you can then use a double bar, and measure numbers are the same.
In reply to According to this essay (5.4, by [DELETED] 5
I think this is already evolving as music has gone away from hand-written and hand-typeset to computer-drafted. Originally it made sense to have bars numbered, say, 44(1) and 44(2) or 44A and 44B to avoid clashes with parts for instrument where there are no voltas (just simple repeat bars). But I remember even 30 years ago seeing pieces for, say, third cornet where the bars under |1------ and |2--------| were identical or even empty and wondering why anyone would bother to do this. Then it was pointed out to me that the conductor's score would have this for all parts if even just one repeat had the voltas and that the numbers weren't for the sake of counting bars but to uniquely identify each bar and that giving a bar a number was easier than saying "4th bar after [B]". At least in MuseScore you can choose whether to have the bars counted "extra" (default) or not.
In reply to According to this essay (5.4, by [DELETED] 5
I agree, 44a et al sounds like a good idea - I just can't recall ever seeing it done that way.
In reply to I agree, 44a et al sounds by Marc Sabatella
I agree, Marc. I have never seen this.
In reply to BTW, you are of course free by Marc Sabatella
Thank you - I am taking note of all comments.