Timeline for How to denote a note that should only be played during first repeat without voltas?
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| Aug 9, 2018 at 12:27 | vote | accept | klutt | ||
| Jul 18, 2018 at 15:29 | comment | added | klutt | @BobBroadley I appreciate it. I upvoted your answer, but I have not accepted it yet in hope of a better solution coming up. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 15:03 | comment | added | Bob Broadley | Nope, but I have composed and arranged music for hundreds of musicians. I’m just offering my advice. You certainly don’t have to accept it. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 13:44 | comment | added | klutt | @BobBroadley With all respect, you don't know the people who will read the music. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 11:30 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | @klutt to add to what Bob B. commented: putting 1st and 2nd endings in all desks has the advantage of simplifying alterations or arrangements in the future. You might want to add the pickup note for some other players, e.g. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 11:27 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | @guidot So, fine: Instead of "First Time Only", write "Prima Volta". For that matter, you could put a rest under the note and label it "Secunda Volta" | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 7:31 | comment | added | guidot | Textual hints lack the charm of internationality , and the text would become long if one wants to point out, that the note should be replaced by rest. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 7:03 | comment | added | Bob Broadley | @Klutt that doesn’t matter. Performers are used to reading 1st and 2nd time bars that have no different notes in their own part. They will realise that this is because of changes in another part. This is very common in songs where the vocal part changes but instrumental parts are unchanged. | |
| Jul 17, 2018 at 23:59 | comment | added | Dekkadeci | If there was a volta in one staff and no voltas in the others--or vice versa--I'd get confused and think your sheet music is messy. Keep volta use consistent between all staves. | |
| Jul 17, 2018 at 22:34 | comment | added | klutt | But the main issue is that these voltas will also be in the staffs for other instruments. | |
| Jul 17, 2018 at 22:32 | comment | added | klutt | I think the lower one looks very messy. I often use that construct for longer phrases, but for just one note I really want another solution. | |
| Jul 17, 2018 at 22:20 | history | answered | Bob Broadley | CC BY-SA 4.0 |