On 22 Mar 2007 at 0:38, Johannes Gebauer wrote:

> It is actually very 
> common in classical music to have a second ending only in some parts
> and not in others. You simply cannot number these separately.

I would say it's common in *historical* parts, but it's not a good 
idea to reproduce it in modern parts.

When I'm coaching chamber music and the parts are un-numbered at the 
first coaching, I tell the players to number all the measures, 
including 1st and 2nd endings, because I can't depend on them to do 
it right if they skip the 2nd endings in their numbering. Then at the 
next rehearsal, the first thing we do is check that everyone's 
measure numbers agree.

But in a *printed* score, I would *not* number the 2nd ending. It's 
only when you're manually numbering that counting all the measures is 
the easy way to do it.

-- 
David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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