Re: Multiple repeats

[M Watts]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Kees,
>
> > OK, let me rephrase (and this time in the right list, sorry): is the 
> > way to indicate
> > a 4 times repeated set of bars "\repeat volta 4 {notes}", followed by 
> > a manual annotation
> > indicating "repeat 4 times"  or is there a better method?
>
> As far as I know, that's the best Lily-method.
> On a side note, as a conductor/performer, I would much prefer to see 
> "play 4x" (if that's what you want) or "play 5x" (if you truly mean 
> "repeat 4 times") — always strive for clarity.  =)

That's right -- if a passage is played twice, it's only _repeated_ once.