to next Strain
I have a piece I am transcribing into MuseScore, the piece has a next strain indictor to skip over a measure and repeat. I am having a difficult time creating this in MuseScore. First off, is there a way to do this? I originally just transcribed it out but it looks messy.
thanks in advance,
Tyson
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Can you post a picture showing what you are trying to create? Is this something different from an ordinary Volta (repeat ending)?
In reply to Can you post a picture by Marc Sabatella
This is from an easy piano book which maybe why it's not using the other repeat symbols.
Tyson
In reply to Here is a picture of what I am trying to transcribe by Anonymous
As far as I can tell from the excerpt, this a very ordinary first and second ending, except that the publisher inexplicably left out the repeat barline that should have appeared at the end of the first ending. Instead, he replaced this standard required / marking with the otherwise unnecesary text directive "to next strain".
If you include the standard repeat sign at the end of tbe first ending, you won't need to add the text "to next strain", but should you wish to display that message, you can add it as staff text (Ctrl+T).
In reply to As far as I can tell from the by Marc Sabatella
The way I read it, it doesn't mean repeat the previous section (which would require the repeat barline), but to go from the "1st" ending to bar 14, the next section, where the DS al fine will take you back to the repeated part and when you get to the 2nd ending, the fine.
In reply to The way I read it, it doesn't by xavierjazz
Ah, yes, you are probably right. In which case, the 2nd ending would more normally be written as a coda.
Are you familiar with DC, DS, Coda?
This isn't just a "beginner" thing. I spotted the same use of "To next strain" in a piano-vocal copy of "Master of the House" from Les Mis. In that case they use it because they are already using a Coda later on. With the lyrics in place it makes it easy enough to understand the direction.
In reply to This isn't just a "beginner" by underquark
Yes, I've seen it used that way before, too. I don't know if it's possible to co-opt the existing DS and Segno markings to create forward jumps in this manner; if not, maybe we need a new type of element?
Anyhow, my point with respect to the example at hand is, regardless of how it looks in the original, and depending on *why* one is copying it in the first place, I'd suggest turning it into the more standard Coda. Or, if duplicating the original appearance really is the goal for some reason, and plauback doesn't matter, simply add the marking as text.
In reply to Yes, I've seen it used that by Marc Sabatella
It would be possible if measures had a property as follows: a table giving for each time the measure is played the «true» nummer of the next measure to play, the defaulj being to play the next one.
«True» relates to the number without taking in account the corrections for the displayed number.
That's the way used in the commercial music editor Pizzicato.