Re: Right way to handle repeats like this?

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Friday 05 November 2004 11:46, James Moore wrote:
> What's the right way to designate repeats for a piece that has:
> 
> Chorus
> Chorus (written at end of chorus: "last X to Coda")
> Verse 1
> Verse 2 (written at end of verse: "D.C. al Coda"
> Chorus
> Coda
> 
> The chorus and verse repeats seem simple, but I have no idea how to
> designate the last chorus/coda bit.
> 
> I'd like the MIDI to play correctly for this.
> 
>  - James

You can make each verse into a volta:

Chorus       CodaSign
|1. verse 1 :||
|2. verse 2  || D.C.
CodaSign Coda

Or you can use a single fermata instead of the coda signs,
although that's really for a situation where you were
going to go on to a variation of the whole thing rather
than a coda.  Besides, it's so old fashioned that many
might not understand it.

It may be nicer to print the chorus twice instead of having volte, 
depending on page turns and the length of the piece.  And most of
all the dynamics.  If someone else is going to print this, do
volte or D.C. and not both:

Chorus CodaSign
verse 1 || D.C.
CodaSign verse 2 ||
Chorus
Coda

daveA

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