Re: Section repeat

[David Wright]

On Thu 02 Feb 2017 at 20:29:49 (+0100), Hans Åberg wrote:
> 
> > On 2 Feb 2017, at 19:35, Chris Yate <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> >> > I'd write and expect to read numbered horizontal brackets for each 
> >> > alternative, and expect a repeat symbol at the end of any section that 
> >> > needed it.
> >> >
> >> > Of course you might put labelling like "1, 3", "2", "4" as required.
> >> 
> >> Yes, that is one. Another might be to indicate that the whole section is 
> >> to be repeated by some mark at the beginning like "2x", or perhaps Dal 
> >> Segno marks.
> > 
> > It depends how long the section is. D.S. marks are typically confusing for 
> > short sections.
> 
> I felt so, too.
> 
> > "3x" still requires the repeat bar lines
> 
> Yes, the idea was to just add "2x" to a repeat with two alternatives. How 
> would that look, in your view?

Isn't there a danger that the "2x" will be seem as merely a redundant
reinforcement of an ordinary repeat unless you mark the end of the
second alternative.

> Otherwise, I used the "1, 3", "2", "4" variation, which looks fine.

How good it looks might depend on the relative scale of the repeated
section and the alternatives.

Cheers,
David.

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