Re: 2nd time only

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Bailey" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 10:00 AM
Subject: 2nd time only


> hi,
>
> i'm typesetting a piano piece for a young composer, and he has a 
> descrescendo in one repetition which should only be played the second 
> time.
>
> in his score, it's labelled "2. x: >" (see attached original-snippet.png). 
> this is perfectly comprehensible for anybody who speaks german, i'm not 
> sure if anyone else would understand it though… what would be the most 
> international way of writing this? my current ideas are "2nd x:" or some 
> abbreviation of "[solo] seconda volta" (probably \markup { \concat { "solo 
> 2" \super "a" " x."}} ).
>
> does anyone have any other suggestions?
>
> regards,
> sb
>
> --
> Simon Bailey
> +43/699/190 631 25


No attachment.  The normal way of saying this is to use "2nd time only" in 
my experience.

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Phil Holmes