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How to code repeats

Hi,

I am currently working on the America score (from West Side Story) for my daugther. I have some problems with the repeats which are written as the following :
1.2.3.4. to Verse! 5. fine
Verse is the mesure after 5.
Could you help me to code these repeats.

Thanks.
P. Hugo Paris France

Re: How to code repeats

Reply #1 –
I assume you want to play the main melody or theme 5 times, then go on to something else? Sort of an A A A A A B structure? To illustrate, I'm going to assume the A theme is 8 bars long.

To do this, use a combination of the special endings and the master repeat sign.

At the beginning of bar 8, insert a special ending - select 1, 2, 3 and 4. At the end of bar 8, insert a Master Repeat Close from the decorated bar menu. Insert a special ending (5th time bar) just after the repeat sign, followed by the same notes you had in Bar 8 (unless this bar needs to be varied to bridge to the B theme.

This should play back correctly, playing the A theme 5 times (i.e., repeating it 4 times) and then going on to the B theme, and it should print correctly too. If the A theme that you're repeating doesn't start at the beginning of the piece you'll have to put a Master Repeat Open at the beginning of the passage you want repeated.

The decorated bar line is on a popdown menu you get by pressing "A", and the special endings come when you press "S".

Hope this helps
David in Delta, BC, Canada

Re: How to code repeats

Reply #2 –
One thing you should be aware of with special endings is that the lyrics don't work properly (or at least, they didn't the last time I tried).
What you need to do for the last verse lyrics is to put "dummy" lyrics in to cover the unplayed notes in the original ending. To do this, put an underscore as a place holder for each syllable (separated by spaces). Then put the real lyrics for the final ending.

HTH
Robin

Re: How to code repeats

Reply #3 –
Thanks David but the question is not so simple.
Working with your example, the right structure is A B A B A B A B A.
No more idea at the moment.

Re: How to code repeats

Reply #4 –
Ah. Write the A and B as a single repeated section (repeat four times). At the end of the piece (after the Master Repeat Close) put a "DC al Fine". At the end of the A part put a "Fine".

That should work for you.

Regards,
Fred

Re: How to code repeats

Reply #5 –
Thanks Fred, but unfortunetaly the last bar in the 5th repeat of A (which ends with the FINE) is different from the previous four repeat bars. So, how to jump this bar during the previous repeats ?

Regards,
Pierre.

Re: How to code repeats

Reply #6 –
In that case, instead of DC al Fine, use DC al Coda. Then, at the start of what would have been the last bar, insert "Al Coda", and put a Coda at the end, containing the real last bar.

Robin