Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread kaub001
I do see the notation (1,3) in choral music. Not often, and maybe it's dependent on the publishing house. While it's reasonably clear, for the environment of a church choir setting, where sight-reading can unfortunately become the norm, I find this confusing. I once had to read through an

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 22 Mar 2010 at 17:11, dhbailey wrote: Perhaps if you were to explain more fully the road map for the work in question, we could offer better insight to help you make the music the clearest. Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular situation, I

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread John Howell
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

RE: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread Mike McGowan
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

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread dhbailey
Mike McGowan wrote: 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'

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
No. (IMO.) Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 22 Mar 2010, at 4:33 PM, 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

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Christopher Smith
Oooo... I don't think so. While I have given multiple numbers to endings before, it is very strange to have the FIRST box be the last box, and have to skip over material to go on. Now, if there is a FINE at the end of the 3rd ending, I would do it, but not otherwise. In fact, I wouldn't

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
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. Depends upon the context. I've seen it done this way in brass band parts produced in an era when labor and paper were expensive, but

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread dhbailey
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, I've seen it done, but I do agree with Darcy that the answer should be no. The main reason is that the road map issues can

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread David W. Fenton
On 22 Mar 2010 at 17:11, dhbailey wrote: Perhaps if you were to explain more fully the road map for the work in question, we could offer better insight to help you make the music the clearest. Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular situation, I see no issue with it,

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David W. Fenton wrote: Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular situation, I see no issue with it, and that's an ABA where the 2nd ending starts the B section, and 1st ending is the FINE for the repeat of the A section. I just don't see how that's confusing at all. Then

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread David W. Fenton
On 22 Mar 2010 at 23:22, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular situation, I see no issue with it, and that's an ABA where the 2nd ending starts the B section, and 1st ending is the FINE for the repeat of the A