D. C. al Fine with multiple verses
I realize a lot of us noobies ask questions about the repeat functions in MuseScore, but I didn't succeed in finding a forum topic on quite my situation.
I have been tasked with writing an accompaniment for a hymn, "Tell Me the Story of Jesus." A feature of this hymn is that the refrain is simply a repeat of the first 8 measures. (The refrain has its own lyrics, but the musical part is that same.) The hymnal contains the marking "D.C. for Refrain." I changed that to "D.C. al Fine" to get MuseScore to handle the repeat correctly.
I have been able to get MuseScore to correctly repeat the top of the hymn through the Fine marking, but how do I get it to play three verses?
I realize it might be easier to see what I mean if the words were in the attached file, but I am a little tepid about doing all that work until I get the playback correct. Time is at a premium since I have to do several of these for December 26.
Thank for any and all help that can be offered!
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Comments
I see 16 measures total, divided into 2 sections of 8 measures.
First, you need to make a sensible roadmap, so let's name the first 4 measures part 'A' and the last 4 measures part 'B'.
Now, how do you want them played three times: AB - AB - AB? ...or... ABA - ABA - ABA? ... or something else?
This is what's unclear to me.
Regards.
In reply to I see 16 measures total, by Jm6stringer
ABA - ABA - ABA
Where the A part is the first 8 measures and the B part is the latter 8 measures.
I do a lot of this sort of thing and find the easiest way is simply to copy/paste the 8 bars that need repeating, then it's very straightforward for everyone using the music. You can add a repeat bar-line at the end and set the repeat count to the number of verses you have and that's it. You could add an empty bar or two at the end to give you a break between verses if you wanted.
Perhaps my best or only option is to have one file for playback and another file for printing.
In reply to Perhaps my best or only by sbdunn
What's wrong with entering it like this:
||: A B A :||
...where you place the ABA between repeat signs and set the repeat count to 3 (for playback) using measure properties of the final measure.
Regards.
In reply to What's wrong with entering it by Jm6stringer
The reason not to is just that it violates the engraving traditions for a hymnal; but we may be back to saying that I will have to have one file to print and one file to play.
In reply to The reason not to is just by sbdunn
Try this, |:AB:| with last measure having a repeat count of 6 and the B section being under a volta bracket restricting it to play only the odd turns