Re: Section repeat

[Hans Åberg]

> On 4 Feb 2017, at 01:58, Flaming Hakama by Elaine <address@hidden> wrote:

> > Comparing yesterday's version (2 and 4 separate) and A (2&4 together),
> > I'd maintain that A describes the music more faithfully, and is
> > actually easier to read: when you reach 15 on the 4th-time through,
> > you've not only played all the measures involved, but you only have
> > to vault over one volta bracket, not two.
> 
> The counterpoint to this insight is that with the combined ending, players 
> must read the same symbol (the end repeat barline) and interpret it 
> differently different times--the first time they encounter it (2nd ending), 
> take the repeat, and the second time they encounter it (4th ending), they 
> ignore it.
> 
> Especially since there are more than 2 repeats, and this occurrence is 
> separated by a 3rd ending, you can introduce more work to the musicians to 
> remember where they are and what to do when they get to that measure.
> 
> With the separate endings, there is less confusion about the roadmap.  
> 
> So, I think there are benefits and drawbacks to each approach.

It seems that the end repeat symbol is interpreted differently with and without 
alternatives:

Without alternatives, it means repeat a number of times, and if it is not two, 
can be specified with a "<number>x" at the beginning of the section. The end 
repeat symbol is then skipped over the last time.

When there are alternatives, one expects it to mean to jump back to the begin 
repeat symbol. So then the last alternative should not have it.