Many of the old marches (certainly the ragtime marches) used an unusual repeat system: the first strain has a first ending, second ending which moves to the 2nd strain, and a fine' ending. After the third strain, one will D.S. back to the first strain and take the fine' ending. Although this seems simple, three endings after the first strain blew my little community college group away for the first few rehearsals.
Consequently, modern editions of these old marches will "write out" the last return to A instead of a D.S. (I think somebody mentioned doing this in an earlier posting.) My two cents McGowan -----Original Message----- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of John Howell Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:53 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] repeats and endings At 9:33 PM +0100 3/22/10, dc wrote: >I have a piece with three endings, where 1 & 3 are identical. Is it >kosher to put them both under the same bracket, say, with > >1. & 3. > >and then > >2. > >Thanks, > >Dennis I would say not, unless what follows 3 is exactly what follows 1. The purpose of multiple endings is not only to accommodate open and closed endings but to send you on your way to the next section or back to a repeat mark. When sightreading there is more potential confusion in multiple endings if you actually have to READ what they say instead of just advancing to the next one in line. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition of jazz musicians. _______________________________________________ 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
