On Sun Jun 6, at SundayJun 6 4:42 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 3:43 PM -0400 6/6/10, Christopher Smith wrote:
I run into this kind of thing all the time in my music. It is very
common in jazz, for example, in drum and percussion parts.
You can write the pattern once, then as many .//. signs as will
fit onto the system, then restate the pattern at the start of the
next system. Clinton Roemer suggests this. I think it is essential
that every measure played be visible, so a sign like " .//. play
59 times" would not be acceptable.
I agree completely, but one thing I actually HATE is having the
pattern repeated at the start of every system. If it's a repeated
pattern it's a repeated pattern, and the number of repeats should
not start over. There is, however, a good argument for repeating
the pattern at rehearsal letters, if the rehearsal letters are at
places when the ensemble might be asked to start there.
Actually I can't find that in Roemer, at least not in Chapter 6.
Look in Chapter 15. He says to rewrite the pattern on each new
system, so the eye doesn't have to jump back a line.
He doesn't actually mention how to number two-bar repeats, but when
he talks about 1 measure repeats he says to number the measures, so I
extrapolated from that. Frankly, that is what I would prefer if I
were reading it.
Christopher
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