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Re: [Help-gnu-music] volta-style brackets w/o repeat
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Frederick Polgardy |
Subject: |
Re: [Help-gnu-music] volta-style brackets w/o repeat |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:06:25 -0500 |
> If the Chorus is short (shorter than one line) I would say that volta
> bracket or other fancy structures would make the score needlessly
> complicated, I would just write it in one stretch.
>
> So I suppose the Chorus is long.
>
> If the Verses are short, the piece can take the form of a 5-fold repeat
> plus an ending... [snip]
>
> In case of long verses (which I guess is actually the case) volta brackets
> with or without numbers stretching out over multiple lines are not so
> desirable. I am a choir singer myself, and sorry, I would not like it. If
> I were to typeset the piece I would (now) opt for:
>
> `Chorus` Chorus :|| 'only the first time'
> Verse 1 || "(Chorus)"
> Verse 2 || "(Chorus)"
> Verse 3 || "(Chorus)"
> Final Ending |.
As you surmised, the chorus and verses are all a tiny bit too long to be
buried in volta brackets. The structure is a church responsorial with the
chorus sung first, then congregation responds, then verse, chorus, verse,
chorus, verse, chorus. The way I ended up setting it was:
1) Chorus (with segno at m.1), and "Last time to Coda" before volta
2) Numbered volta repeats:
1) Last measure of chorus :||
2) Last measure of chorus - "Go to V. 1" :||
3) Last measure of chorus - "Go to V. 2" :||
4) Last measure of chorus - "Go to V. 3" :||
3) Coda and Final ending |.
4) Verse 1 - "D.S." ||
5) Verse 2 - "D.S." ||
6) Verse 3 - "D.S." ||
That was the most sensible way to set it up. Maybe that helps to convey why
I would have preferred unnumbered voltas ("3. Go to V. 2" looks a little
strange), and double bars instead of repeats (since you're not technically
repeating at that moment). But, it's not the end of the world. Still looks
pretty good. :-) Thanks for your help.
Fred
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