When I first started using Finale in the dark ages of 1988, :-) I tended to repeat larger sections (choruses or verses) of the pieces I worked on, and was very happy to get away from the use of col bars. However, the major reason I avoided repeats was the difficulty, without the availability of staff lists for repeats, of getting them into all the parts. I don't know how many times I got to a session and discovered in the read through that the repeats were only in the top part of each group. It didn't happen *that* often because I, pretty much, just stopped using repeats.
Simple repeats are quite easy to manage, now, with the addition of staff lists, effective plugins, and much easier playback. These days, for a musical passage that could repeat, I might look at the possibility of changing or adding just one or two elements, enough to alter some things, but preserve a sense of familiarity. If needed, I do now use repeats in my scores. Any tendency toward fewer repeats has less to do with Finale than it does with my writing. Don Hart on 4/18/05 9:38 AM, Chuck Israels at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Apr 18, 2005, at 6:33 AM, Williams, Jim wrote: >> Here's a question--I find myself writing fewer "roadmaps" in general >> since using software. ......... Am I alone in my abandonment of >> roadmaps? >> Jim >> > > I haven't abandoned them entirely, when the structure is simple enough. > But I write out the things that require double codas - things like > that. I copy and paste the things that will make the performance > easier, taking into account general layout, page turns, etc. It's a > balancing act. > > Chuck > > > > > > Chuck Israels > 230 North Garden Terrace > Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 > phone (360) 671-3402 > fax (360) 676-6055 > www.chuckisraels.com > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
