Request: start playing in the second or third round of a repeat

• Aug 28, 2020 - 19:09

I often want to check the last part of a score. Then I want to start in the second round of a repeat followed by the end. In the image below that's the part with the pinkish background.
PlaySecondRepeat.png

I'd like to to suggest a feature for this.

When playing a score and when I'm not in a repeat area, the play button looks what we're used to:
ChooseRepeatI.png

While playing, and when MuseScore plays into a repeat area, the icon of the play button changes to show the repeat I'm in:
ChooseRepeatII.png

It would be really nice just to have this feature. Often I pause when MuseScore is already playing the second repeat. When I resume playing, MuseScore goes back to the first repeat, but there's nothing that shows this. (at least I didn't see it. ;-) ) I'll have to wait for repeat one to be finished and for repeat 2 to be played again.

That's also why it would be really nice to have the following feature. If I pause, or if I get into a repeat area by clicking there, I get an arrow-down next to the play button. When I click it, I get a pulldown that I can use to choose the first repeat, second repeat, etc. Once I clicked in the dropdown and clicked "Play", the music should play as if I had gotten there the way I normally do. I hope that that also solves any "to Coda". The dropdown only appears when I'm in a repeat area and the dropdown is longer or shorter depending upon the number of repeats:
ChooseRepeatIII.png

If this solution wouldn't be possible, let me know. I appreciate reactions. If needed, maybe I can come up with alternative ideas.

PS:
I first asked if there was such a function in the next thread:
- https://musescore.org/en/node/308654
SteveBlower pointed out that there's a "Unroll Repeats" in the Tools menu, but I find it hard to tell where i'm in in the score when using that option.

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Comments

For something like this use the menu Tools->Unroll repeats. You can then start listening anywhere you want. Using this will open a new score that you can use for listening. Edits will not affect the original score though. The two scores are not linked in any way.

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