In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jack Campin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Gg^fa! g2G2 TA4 |F2 f4 F2 ABcA |Gg^fa g2G2 TA4 |G2 g4 G2 ABcA >H:: > >Notice how easy it is to ignore the linebreaks when reading the source if >you aren't interested. That's the point - most of the time you *will* >ignore them. > >I regard the last three characters as optional. The two-sided repeat at >the end doesn't mean anything special, and the fermata simply means that's >where the tune stops (as opposed to "Fine" somewhere else), so :| would >convey the same meaning. (The fiddler would probably have ended with a >big fat three-string G minor chord).
But why would you want to put :: at the end of the tune when :| is correct notation? Do you really want to see a repeat-both-ways barline at the end? I think not. And a fermata over the final bar has no meaning either. You could put it over the final note, but a fermata over a barline means "a pause here" and that has no meaning at the end, I suggest. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
