Repeats/voltas
Can voltas be made to work in the middle of a score, rather than at the end?
The score I am working on has 32 bars of vocal, then 32 bars of instrumental solo, then a repeat of the initial 32 bars. However, I want a different ending the second time. I have tried using 1st time and second time sections at the end of the first 32 bars but this doesn't work - the 2nd time bars play immediately after the 1st time ones, before the instrumental solo.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Hi
My perhaps non-musicianly answer to your problem would be this...
After your 2nd lot of 32 bars (section B I'll call it) just copy section A and add the new ending. With computer copying its not a problem to do and is way easier to read (for my band at least) as the "geography" of the piece is simplified.
I've just done something very similar with a huge Christmas medley.
In reply to Hi My perhaps non-musicianly by onscuba
Thanks very much for your suggestion.
I had also thought of this, but only as a last resort - I should like to avoid the time and cost (esp. printer ink!) of making the extra sheets (typically multiplied by 20 for my choral group).
No special reason voltas shouldn't work in the middle of the score - they do normally. What version of MuseScore, what OS, and can you psot the score you are having proiblems with? Could be a matter of your having mismatched repeats or other issues somewhere in the score that is confusing MuseScore.
In reply to No special reason voltas by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc
1.3
8.1
Score attached (note - no accompaniment included so will sound a bit thin!)
Appreciate your trouble
In reply to Thanks Marc 1.3 8.1 Score by Mac B
Wait a better response. Meanwhile, try putting an End Repeat at the end of measure 52
In reply to Thanks Marc 1.3 8.1 Score by Mac B
Voltas don't make repeats happen; repeat signs do. You need a repeat sign, presumably at the end of the first ending.
In reply to Voltas don't make repeats by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc
I was using DC al Fine to effect the repeat but that seems not to trigger the 1st and 2nd time function. Putting a repeat sign at the end of the vocal would not give me the desired sequence, which is: 32 bars vocal - 32 bars woodwind - repeat vocal from top but with alternative finish.
Can you see a way to achieve this using the 1st and 2nd time function?
(If not, I shall have to copy the vocal with the alternative ending after the woodwind section).
In reply to Thanks Marc I was using DC al by Mac B
wouldn't that be a use case for DC al Coda?
In reply to Thanks Marc I was using DC al by Mac B
I would use a DC al coda
At the end of your 32 bars solo instruemntal
* you put a DC al coda it will take the begining,
* at the bar where the ending will change you put a coda sign ,
* at the end of your solo instrumental you add a frame to separate coda (little) the same coda sign
* write your coda (other end) ,
normally that would work
PS : Jojo_Schmitz, we made at the same time...