Re: Fwd: Re: please please please - before you ship 1.4

[Mats Bengtsson]

> > > >
> > > > `/,     `//,     `/3/,     `/44/,
> > > >
> > > I must admit I've never seen the `/3/, notation used.
> > > Does it mean that three bars are repeated once
> > `/3/,
> > > or that one bar is repeated three times?
> > `/,3`/,
> > or 3 bars 3 times?
> > `/3/,3`/3/,
> > 
> > Just guessing. :-) I agree with Rune, but I want to hear from A. Zapf on
> > this topic. She
> > requested it.
> > 
> 
> In 10 years of big band and small group playing, leading and arranging, I've
> never come across a more-than-four bar repeat. ".////." is the longest I've
> seen. The main goal in music notation, IMHO, is legibility. Imagine a
> substitute player coming in at the last minute and having to play prima vista.
> 
> Myself, I would not write a 16-bar-repeat in percent style, but I suggest that
> "./16/." is favorable in that case - for better legibility. So, my opinion in 
> a
> nutshell:
> 
>       1 to 4-bar repeats:                     "./." to ".////."

OK! How about the bar lines? Should all the bar lines be 
printed?  For example: | | `///. | |

>       5 and more bars (if at all necessary):  "./128/."

I wouldn't want to see this notation myself if I were to play it.
Actually, last time I encountered a double bar repeat in an
orchestral piece, I had to replace it with an ordinary repeat sign
in order to play it right. 

    /Mats