Re: Choice of ending?

[David Rogers]

* Cordilow <address@hidden> [2010-07-31 01:57]:

> I found an old song and it gives me to know that it has two endings—you get
> to choose which one. It's not like you repeat after the first and go to the
> second. You just choose either one and leave the other unplayed.
>
> Is there some standard way of doing this, by chance? I'm not sure what words
> to search the documentation for, if so. I'm guessing the way my music does
> it isn't standard. It uses a volta repeat with three alternates. The first
> is a real repeat. The next two are both labeled 2 (for the second
> alternate), and there is the markup 'eller' (that's 'or' in Swedish) above
> between the two volta brackets.


I think this situation is uncommon enough that there is no true standard
way to print it. Therefore (in my opinion anyway), any method that is
neatly laid out and is not confusing will be fine, including just the
way it was already done.

One other possible method would be to replace the "2." above the extra second 
ending with
"Alternative ending". Or you could name them "Either" and "Or".

--
David