Haha, since I inadvertently started this interesting debate I dare to comment it :-)
My original situation was quite simple - a big band arrangement with an open 32 -bar section for solos. All repeats but the last are identical. No backgrounds or anything in this particular solo section (there are others)to take into consideration. Only little problem is that the last chord needs to be different in the last turn...so therefore the pi/g/b needs to have this written out so they can lead harmonically to the next section after the open solo. I selected different endings, with the obvious drawback that all other parts gets it too even though there are no differences for them. So that was my question: what is the advice from a notational perspective to make this look good. I fully agree and understand that all players should have the same roadmap so that is how it looks now and I am pleased with the structure. And I appreciate as always all the useful views on things like this with all the experience that exists in this forum. Next time I might however consider to do it even simpler: why not write in the last chord for the rhythm section: G7(b9) / Last X: Bb13. Well, it might not be better either :-| Need to think about that. But to comment on the general discussion about repeats being outdated: for solo sections they are still a must. And as a musician myself I can also get a little frustrated sometimes that from the old "complex-repeat-structure-to-save-paper-and-time" to the new era of "copy-paste-everything-since-this-is-done-on-a-computer!". When I get a part with 6 pages and realize that with some proper planning and structure with simple and effective repeats and D.S. markings you could have it in 3 it feels like a waste of page-turning, paper and hassle. Not to mention the fact that if you need to make a pencil marking for whatever reason in a certain place and the identical section (and need for pencil marking) comes 3 more times in the same part...then note that this is also time consuming and potentially erroneous especially if you miss to identify any identical section. So I guess as always: the keyword must be *balance*. Try to avoid repeats and D.S.-markings etc if omitting them makes the picture clearer. But use them if they are reasonably obvious and efficient and especially if the alternative would be to do unnecessary and lengthy copy-paste stuff. Just my $0.02 /D > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 8:50 PM, Horace Brock wrote: > >> If think the Broadway books are bad (and I've played them), wait till >> you see brass band music published by the Salvation Army. > > I hate to play "topper" (no really, I kind of like it!) but the worst > by far are salsa and merengue charts, especially those otherwise > pretty good ones that are making the rounds from a transcription > service in Venezuela or Peru or some place like that. Nested repeats > (repeated sections inside a repeat), overlapped repeats (jumping back > to a place INSIDE a repeat!) double or triple DSes and double or > triple codas, sometimes with instructions on what gets played twice > or six times on which repeat in Spanish, so if your Spanish isn't so > hot (like mine) then you are left puzzling while the Cuban trumpet > player next to you who never seems to get tired (and those parts are > HIGH!) rips through it like he owns it without a pause. Plus the guy > who copied them with a nib pen never seems to connect his stems to > his noteheads and sometimes goes for long passages with the stems on > the wrong side of the notehead and who can tell the eighth rests from > the quarter rests? as both are indecipherable squiggles. > > Once I've been through them a few times and practically memorized > them (taking my cue from the trumpet player!) they are a hoot to play > and sound really good, but the copying and layout are the WORST! > > Christopher > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
