> >> At 10:01 PM 5/27/2006, Richard Yates wrote: > >> >I have used this layout scheme since it seemed logical and compact, but > >> >realized that I may have just made it up. > >> > >> Yes, I think you made it up. It looks awfully confusing to me, and > >> probably impossible to sight read. > >> Aaron. > > > > How is it confusing? > > > > I added for comparison what is probably the standard layout to: > > > > http://www.yatesguitar.com/misc/ABA.gif > > > > The problem is that the ending marked '2' is just one measure. The 'A' > > section and the 'B' section are each a page and a half. The standard layout > > makes a whole additional page turn just to play one measure that ends the > > piece. > > > > It seems simpler, using the upper layout, to just play everything straight > > through, jumping over that one measure marked '2', and then go to the top > > again and play to 'Fine'. > > > You almost have it correct. You shouldn't reverse the 2nd and 1st > endings ever, in my opinion. > > But you can make the first ending be one measure, then have 1st ending > and 2nd ending but without a repeat sign in the 1st ending. People > would continue on to play the music which follows the 2nd ending (the > page-and-a-half B section), then D.C. to play the page-and-a-half A > section) and skip the 1-bar 1st ending and play the 1-bar 2nd ending. > David H. Bailey
Thanks, David. Do you mean like this: http://www.yatesguitar.com/misc/ABA.gif ? I am sure that is standard, but is it not also more complicated? Two replies said that the top example was 'confusing'. Could someone say what is confusing about it? Aside from it being unusual, after looking at it is there any chance of someone actually misunderstanding the intent? I understand that if the situation were someone, or a band, sightreading along for the first time in performance and coming across this unexpectedly it would likely trip them up, but that circumstance would never occur with this music. Richard Yates _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
