Add a two and four measure (multi-measure) repeat sign with playback

• Apr 12, 2011 - 11:56
Reported version
3.0
Type
Functional
Frequency
Many
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
MuseScore

MuseScore provides a repeat sign for one measure (without playback) similar to %. A repeat sign for two measures with two oblic lines is often used as well.

See full discussion : http://musescore.org/en/node/3441
Example

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• Jan 11, 2021 - 03:03

I have been "watching" this issue for a couple years now and I have questions about how this was implemented... And other questions as well.

  1. I saw a sample that had a four measure repeat. Is it possible to do 8 or 6 or 16 or whatever? Or just certain hardwired numbers?
  2. Is the repeat merely "cosmetic" or is it handled properly in playback?
  3. Is there a downloadable version of MuseScore available that has this feature?
  4. This is allegedly going to be included in version 4.0. When is that release going to happen?

Concerning questions 3 and 4, I know there's a repository of versioned Mac packages of MuseScore but can't remember how to access them.

And thanks to all the developers! I'm eager to see this!

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• Jan 11, 2021 - 06:13

  1. I don't remember but I know 4 measure repeats are included. As a bonus you can auto number the repeats if there are several as is common in drum music.

  2. The entire purpose of this feature is to give proper playback.

  3. Nightlies are available at https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/ under the nightly link. Keep in mind there is a LOT of work to be done in version 4 so don't take anything you see as a final version.

  4. The 4.0 release has been announced to be sometime this summer but 3.6 came out later than expected so don't expect anything before this fall and be happy whenever it happens.

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• May 2, 2022 - 11:38
Title Add a two and four measure repeat sign ⇒ Add a two and four measure (multi-measure) repeat sign with playback

Even though this is an old issue and considered closed, I am taking the liberty to fix the title since

  • I consider the playback the more important portion of the fix than the repeat signs.
  • adding multi-measure to the title since that is what most people think of when looking for the issue (e.g. they ask for multi-measure repeats, when in fact, more precicely, 99% of the time they want two or four measure repeats and that is what the GSoC project and subsequent code provides).

FWIW, the PR to fix single, two and four measure repeat and playback in MuseScore 4.0 has been submitted
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/11285
but not merged yet. (looks like it was working initially or at least at some stage, broke and this fixes it again)

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