On Thu 06 Dec 2001 at 04:56PM +0000, John Chambers wrote: > > I'd also observe that the term "repeat" in the above should be > changed to "ending". Repeats are something different, indicated in > abc with colons. Repeats and endings are inter-related, of course, > since repeats tend to have different endings. Something I've also > implemented is the conventional |:: ... ::| notation that says "three > times through". This can be important at times, mostly if you are > dealing with dance music. There are lots of traditions in which it's > common to play phrases four times. When there aren't separate endings > for the repeats, this is how the repeats are usually indicated. >
Every now and then I see repeat signs with 4 dots in a line instead of 2, which are simply a different style of ordinary repeat. Do you have a reference to back up your assertion that |:: is "conventional" ? This is certainly a useful thing to have, but it would be good to be sure that we are using widely understood conventions rather than adopting someone's ad hoc solution. The other reservation I have about this notation is that it doesn't generalize very well to n times through. James Allwright To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
