Jean Abou Samra <[email protected]> writes: > Le mercredi 22 mars 2023 à 22:19 -0700, Paul Scott a écrit : > > >> D.S. followed by a segno sign is actually redundant since the S. stands >> for segno. > > > “Segno“ means “sign”. “Dal segno 𝄋” is not redundant, it just means > “go back to the sign 𝄋”. “Dal segno” means “go back to the sign”, > where which sign is being referred to is left implicit.
This distinction becomes relevant if there are multiple dal segnos in one piece. I think I need to dig through my scores for a particularly brain-wrecking mixture of multiple dal segnos I remember. It would be interesting to see how much we are still lacking to represent that particular monstrosity (I don't think I have figured out with confidence how to actually play it as a human, either) to LilyPond. -- David Kastrup
