On 6 Jun 2010 at 20:16, dc wrote: > I have a ciaconna bass of two measures that is repeated over 60 times. > What would be the proper way to abbreviate this in a separate part > using the .//. sign? Does each repetition have to appear and be > numbered, or this there a way of only having the repetition sign once > with a number indicating how many times the pattern is to be repeated? > > I know Ted Ross says this is "used very seldom in published music", > and I wrote out the whole part myself. But this is a suggestion I've > been asked to follow...
I can't really answer your question, but have encountered the problem. A year ago my viol consort played the Nicolai Ciacona that we played again in April http://tearesofthemuses.com/Listen/VaterUnser/ ...and last year I played harpsichord continuo. I didn't use the score, just one page of it (the last one, because the ending is the only place where there's something different), and played the harmonies according to how they changed, and adjusted my realization to the affect of each repetition of the ground. It's a short chaconne, comparitively, but my point is that the part needs to reflect the musical content. If I were preparing a part for my own use with 60 repetitions, I'd aim for a 2-page part with repetitions that corresponded to the large-scale structural divisions within the piece. That would require an analysis of the piece, and a determination of where the big sections were, and that's a subjective judgement call (though I don't think, for instance, that there's much dispute about what the big sections of the Bach Chaconne are), and if you get it wrong in your printed part, it could be disastrous, but that's the way I'd approach it. But, again, that's a performing part I'd be preparing. If I were preparing it for publication, I have no idea what I'd do. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
