Struggling with "repeats" and "sub-repeats"
Hi,
I searched the forum and the documentation to figure out to handle a repeat section into another repeat section and I'm stuck.
I have a 7 measures scores (see Voltas_test.mscz ) and I would like to get the following playback :
So that it plays :
- M1
then :
- M2 (rep 1)
- M3
- M4 (rep 1.1)
- M5
- M4 (rep 1.2)
- M5
again :
- M2 (rep 2)
- M3
- M4 (rep 2.1)
- M5
- M4 (rep 2.2)
- M5
again :
- M2 (rep 3)
- M3
- M4 (rep 3.1)
- M5
- M4 (rep 3.2)
- M5
and finally :
- M6
- M7
I tried several things like adding a "Segno" and "D.S" symbols, adding odd and even voltas numbers + changing the repeat measure properties. It does repeats by the amount I specified (x3 x2) but in a completely random jump sequence.
It would be very kind if you could suggest the right way to go.
Thank you very much.
Giancarlo.
PS : The mscz sample was created with Musescore 3.6.2.
Comments
Without your detailed explanation, I couldn't tell what that score means me to do.
I tackle things like this by writing out the planned play sequence as linearly as p;ossible:
1
2 3 4 5
4 5
2 3 4 5
4 5
2 3 4 5
4 5
6 7
There is then a choice of writing it out in full or in the most compact way (fewest bars) possible but often a compromise is better. So, I would just write it like this and accept a longer score (more bars) but one that is much easier to read:
1
[2 3 4 5 4 5] x 3
6 7
In reply to Without your detailed… by underquark
Hi underquark.
Thank you for having formatted my question into a more concise way. It's true that too much jumps are not easy to read. I wanted to find a way to limit as much as possible the copy/paste operations when I'll have to make some new versions of the same score but I dind't thought about readbility for the end user.
Have a nice day.
In reply to Hi underquark. Thank you for… by tazzit24
You´re welcome
Beware of trying to find the shortest way possible at the expense of rationality. I recommend reading ¨Mrs. Todd´s Shortcut" by Steven King as a cautionary tale.
If you are ok without "correct" playback from Musescore, you can add rehearsal marks, and use a text above or below the score explaining the sequence.
It makes sense for dance folk music for example, where the score has 3 parts A, B, C and must be played:
[ A A B B A C C ] x n + A A to conclude.
This is a real scottish example not a theoritical one by the way.
I write it like this in fact:
[ 2A 2B 1A 2C ] x N + 2A , and folk music players get it immediately (well the ones I know at least).
Doing that has the advantage to keep the full score (ABC) one just one page which is convenient.
In reply to If you are ok without … by frfancha
Hi frfancha,
The score I was writing is a kind of barbaric hymn so it has this kind of reps too.
Finally I ended up copying pasting the measures otherwise I would had to use 8 lines of lyrics. So it was quite confusing.
Thank you for the tip. I'll keep it in mind.