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Flow direction anomaly

I have a unique problem which could probably be solved with a lot of copying and pasting, but am wondering if there is a simpler solution (boy, I hope so!). Here is the problem:

I have a song which has the following details (in the order they appear on paper):

Begin song
segno
master repeat open
Last time to coda
ending 1 (dal segno)
ending 2 (master repeat close)
ending 3 (master repeat close)
coda

The problem is between the first and second endings... it'll go to the segno as it should, but when it gets to the "to coda" mark, it immediately goes to the coda, since it was flagged by the dal segno. Is there a way to make it conditional (as it should be in this song)?

I realize I could probably have the song play as it should by just copying and pasting and not having any flow direction controls to it, but that would be a lot of work!! Please advise if there is a way to control it the way it's written. Thanks! :)

Re: Flow direction anomaly

Reply #1 –
From your details, it is not clear why your Coda section is not simply a fourth ending in a series of master repeats. Maybe you can rewrite it that way.

Otherwise, the branch to coda will *always* be executed the first time it is encountered after the Dal Segno.

Re: Flow direction anomaly

Reply #2 –
Yeah, I was afraid of that.

However, the coda isn't exactly a 4th ending in this particular song... I did think of a simpler work around with this in mind, however...

The segno actually goes back almost to the beginning of the song... there's actually a lot of music in between the segno and the master repeat open. However, I just thought about it a ways... I will simply delete the segno-coda section, and add the repeated part of the song (copied and pasted) to the first ending, and call the coda a 4th ending. :) Thanks for your thoughts... it should help! :)

--Paul

Re: Flow direction anomaly

Reply #3 –
With tools like NWC available, why bother with contorted flows? Even simple repeats are easier to read in a continuous format. After all, complex flows were invented to save the manual-score-writer unnecessary pen-strokes, but are not needed now.
 

Re: Flow direction anomaly

Reply #4 –
What you can also do is to copy as a non-repeated hidden staff(all the repeats like they should sound) and make a viewable-only staff, for printouts.