Pierre Bailleul wrote:
Hi all,
A segno sign (s) means to go back to the segno.
Do you think that It's correct to use also a 2 segno sign (ss) to go back to the same sign?
Thanks for your responses.
Pierre
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These days, most of the time D.S. is used, sometimes in conjunction with
the Segno and sometimes without. I've seen editions of essentially
rondo forms, where the A section is written once with a Segno sign and
then at the end of the B section there is a D.S. and again at the end of
the C section there is also a D.S.
My understanding is that if you were to use two segno signs that would
indicate that you should go back to where there is a double segno sign,
not that you would go back to the original segno sign. In other words,
you simply match the symbols. At the obvious end of a section, a Segno
sign indicates a return to the original Segno sign, and you can use the
same instruction many times, each time with a single Segno sign to
indicate a return to the original Segno sign.
The trickiest part may well be making sure the performer knows where to
jump from and where to jump to once the D.S. has been taken. You may
need to resort to verbal instructions such as "First time go to C" and
"Second time go to D" at the end of the section which is to be repeated
multiple times.
If you are doing this so that there won't be *any* page turns and can
make the "road map" clear to the performer, I'd suggest doing it. But
if the work already has at least one page turn, my advice would be to
forget what you're trying to do and simply copy/paste the repeated
section where you want it played to avoid misunderstanding and wasted
rehearsal time. It has been my experience when working in groups,
especially amateurs but surprisingly enough professionals also, that 1/3
of the people will understand immediately where to go and when and won't
have any issues. 1/3 of the people won't have any clue and will voice
their confusion quite vocally, often accompanied with profanity. And
1/3 of the people won't have any clue but won't know it and won't pay
attention to the director's careful explanations and so despite
everything the first few read-throughs will fall apart in confusion at
the jumps.
--
David H. Bailey
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