Repeats Not Working Properly

• Apr 2, 2013 - 16:51

Would someone look at the attached score and tell me what I'm doing wrong. The repeats don't work right.

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In reply to by rwmol

Hmm, well... it doesn't play the B part twice but skips to the 2nd Coda (why two? Why the hidden 'to Coda'), intentional?

You want "Intro - A - A - B - A - B - C", don't you?

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

The "To Coda" is the "instruction" built into the software to go to the second "Coda". If you don't insert "To Coda" and just put a "Coda" symbol at that measure it won't go to the second "Coda". That's why it's invisible.

I can't find any way to repeat the chorus. That's why the instruction at the end of the chorus.

What I really wanted was: Intro - A - A - B - A - A - B - A - C

In reply to by rwmol

The "coda" symbol is for marking the destination of the jump, not the point from which you jump. Use "To Coda" to mark where you want the jump to occur. Then, if you'd rather it not read "To Coda" but instead simply use the coda sign, just edit the text of the "To Coda", and use the text symbols palette to add the coda sign (then change the font). Much better than using two symbols, one hidden and the other a lie and needing manual positioning (which will not work well if the score if reformatted, and won't export as expected to MusicXML should the occasion arise.

Easiest way to get AABAABAC would be to simply write out the A section twice rather than use repeats. This goes for human beings trying to decipher the chart as well as MuseScore. Complex road maps are a recipe for train wrecks, I find. Then you simply could have

||: (Segno) A (To Coda) AB :|| (Coda) C

This will take up two pages, though. That's the tradeoff.

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

That worked great. Can't use the text symbols palette. It's grayed out. Had to use the Keyboard. Worked though.

I considered two pages. Really don't want two pages. The instructions work for me.

The help I get on this forum is outstanding. Folks here don't treat beginners as stupid as on most forums.

Thanks

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