Structure Question

[rrayner]

My apologies, David. I was hasty in posting a partial score that did not show the complexity of the problem. The attached unfinished score shows the entire framework and the underlying music is controlled by the qri command.

Now I show where I am already needing the Segno and Coda. Structurally, it plays right, but I'm wondering if there is a traditionally more correct way to notate this road map.

Another note on the original error message - it includes the misspelled "inconsisteancy".

Thanks for the work you put in.

Ralph

[dj]

Hi, Ralph:

Well, I must say, you've stumped me. I get lost somewhere around the segno.

I looked at several part extractions and one piano-vocal score for the How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria online and they all simply go straight through without repeats of any kind. Not what you want, I know.

You may have to go on to two pages.

Doesn't help, I know.

David

[rrayner]

Thanks, David. My goal is keeping the score with as few measures as possible without making it look crammed - in this case, keeping it to three pages (or under), while still having the entire song. I print the score for my wife and I to play from, rather than individual parts - more than three pages is hard to manage (no place to turn pages and keep continuity ).

So, whether or not this approach fits traditional notation, I think it has a logical flow, and to us it conveys the intent, and of course, the qri command controls the real flow.

The song book I started with had it written out in longhand without the repeats, as you mentioned, but that was six pages long with the lead line and a two-handed piano part.

Thanks for taking the time and effort - much appreciated.

Ralph