I was unaware of the convention of writing everything straight through on some big band charts. Of course, the big band I play with only plays music before 1950!
My purpose with the coda section is, as some have guessed, to keep everything to 2 pages. We keep music in binders, with the charts in plastic sleeves -- we can stay alphabetical, and the plastic keeps the music dry! This is a new band, so every horn player is reading everything. Ideally, once we start gigging regularly, the guys will have the bulk of the music memorized.
I thank everybody for their suggestions. There's quite a wealth of knowledge on this list, and I'm always impressed by people's willingness to share.
Saving keystrokes, I remain,
Giz
At 03:48 PM 6/2/04, you wrote:
How about using a staff style? Make a copy the score for extract purposes, then add a measure before you go to Coda. Create a staff style to make this a totally 'blank' measure. Force the system to start at this point and place in your coda sign/text accordingly. Force the key and time and clefs to appear on the 1st real measure of the coda and you will get an indented system in every part (indented to the exact same measurement as the measure will space itself equally for each part).
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