>> Something I've also implemented is the conventional |:: ... ::| >> notation that says "three times through". > Every now and then I see repeat signs with 4 dots in a line instead of > 2, which are simply a different style of ordinary repeat. Do you have > a reference to back up your assertion that |:: is "conventional" ? > This is certainly a useful thing to have, but it would be good to be > sure that we are using widely understood conventions rather than > adopting someone's ad hoc solution. The other reservation I have about > this notation is that it doesn't generalize very well to n times > through.
In music I've seen that uses this construct, it's represented by printing "(3x)" above the staff. A staff-notation generator could do whatever it liked with "|:: ... ::|", but I suspect that most non-Scandiwegian users would be happier with some such explicit representation using honest-to-god numerals. Does any system of notation have a sign for "repeat this bit as often as you feel like"? The definitive use of that is in Terry Riley's "In C", but it occurs implicitly in quite a few genres. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
