John Chambers a skrivas:
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> before or after a |. The abbreviation :: may be used for :|:, i.e., a
> combined end-repeat and start-repeat in the middle of a staff.
I see ::, but no :|: in the actual standard/draft. Do we have to
implement it?
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> 1. An alternate ending is indicated by [ immediately followed by a
> string of digits, hyphens and commas. If the [ follows a bar line, it
> may be omitted. It is expected that these define a sequence 1..N, in
> the same fashion as standard music notation, to indicate playing the
> phrase N times with two or more different endings..
Agree (already done in abcm2ps).
> 2. Multiple colons may be used before or after bar lines to mark the
> ends of repeated sections. These are used to indicate multiple times
> through the passage, one extra time per colon. If the multi--ending
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> |: ... | ... |[1,3 ... :|[2,4 ... :|
> |::: ... | ... |[1,3 ... :|[2,4 ... :|
> These are equivalent. The extra colons are useful for readability,
> but aren't needed because the 1,3 and 2,4 give the same information.
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> The extra colons may be omitted with no loss of meaning.
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> Many musicians are not familiar with the multi-colon notation. But
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Right, over 45 years of my music life, I never saw such a notation!
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> I'd rather not see this degenerate into a discussion of how to notate
> all the possible repeat patterns. Granted, this isn't a completely
[snip]
OK for me, I will just ignore these multiple colons instead of adding
dashed bars! BTW, could these last ones (simple colon) be the new
standard?
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