> From: Dirk Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:48:06 +0200 (SAST)
> I was trying to typeset a piece that starts with an upbeat and has two
> verses and a little coda. The upbeat to the coda is not the same as
> to the verse. It seemed logical to put a repeat sign at the end of
> the verse, one beat before the end of the measure. Saves me a volta.
> PMX doesn't like the idea much. I can fool it with blind meter changes,
> but ...
Why to fool PMX. The follwing works perfectly:
1 1 4 4 4 4 1 0
1 1 20 0.00
t
.\
c44 c c c c | c c c c | c c c Rr c /
m3400 c c c /
Or didn't I understand the example?
> Question:
>
> Is it a reprehensible thing to try? I.e. does good typesetting style
> require me to use voltas instead?
Imho: It depends. The above example seems to me good typesetting style.
I always was astonished that some publishers add "Rl" - a left repeat -
at the very beginning; some do not.
If the coda is longer, at least one line or more, then I would prefer
to break the line at the repeat. But then too, no volta is neccessary:
1 1 4 4 4 4 1 0
1 1 20 0.00
t
.\
c44 c c c c | c c c c | c c c Rr c | c c c c /
m3400 c c c /
Again: Or didn't I understand the example?
-- Werner
