Re: [frogs] Da Capos, Codas and Segnos

["David Pounder" <pounderd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Ian Hulin <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: David Pounder <pounderd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 15.2.10, 22:18:25
> Subject: Re: [frogs] Da Capos, Codas and Segnos
> 
> On 15/02/10 18:47, David Pounder wrote:
> >
> >    
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> >> From: Ian Hulin<ian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: Lilypond Frogs List<frogs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: 15.2.10, 17:40:48
> >> Subject: [frogs] Da Capos, Codas and Segnos
> >>
> >> Hi Frogs and Developers,
> >> This is by way of limbering up for a discussion on the GLISS list when
> >> it gets going.
> >>
> >> I'm trying to think of all the commoner combinations of Segnos, Codas
> >> and Da Capo instructions so maybe we can work out a consistent syntax
> >> for addressing what are, after all, variations on the theme of repeat
> >> blocks.
> >>
> >> Here are the ones I can think of off the top of my head
> >>
> >> Da Capo al Fine:
> >>
> >> A "Fine" B "Da Capo al Fine" ==>  A B A
> >>
> >> Dal Sego Al Fine
> >>
> >> A "§" B "Fine" C "Dal Segno Al Fine" ==>  A B C B
> >>
> >> Da Capo Al Coda
> >>
> >> A B  "©" C "Da Capo al Coda" "©" D ==>  A B C A B D
> >>
> >> Dal Segno Al Coda
> >>
> >> A "§" B C "©" D "Dal Segno al Coda" E ==>  A B C D B C E
> >>
> >> Firstly, can anyone think of any more combinations I may have missed here?
> >>      
> > To Trio.
> >
> >
> >    
> Thanks for that, David, but isn't that a variant of "Da Capo al Coda" ?
> 
> A B "second time to Trio" C "Da Capo"   D "Trio" ==> A B C A B D .
> 
> Maybe need to think about adding alternate text for \tocoda.
> 

Apologies for the blank replies - my e-mail client has been playing up.

I was thinking that if you want to represent the musical structure of a piece in terms of repeated sections then a trio is different to a coda, and both are often present in the same piece. Added complication is that the trio may contain volta repeats.

David.

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