> > > >
> > > > `/, `//, `/3/, `/44/,
> > > >
> > > I must admit I've never seen the `/3/, notation used.
> > > Does it mean that three bars are repeated once
> > `/3/,
> > > or that one bar is repeated three times?
> > `/,3`/,
> > or 3 bars 3 times?
> > `/3/,3`/3/,
> >
> > Just guessing. :-) I agree with Rune, but I want to hear from A. Zapf on
> > this topic. She
> > requested it.
> >
>
> In 10 years of big band and small group playing, leading and arranging, I've
> never come across a more-than-four bar repeat. ".////." is the longest I've
> seen. The main goal in music notation, IMHO, is legibility. Imagine a
> substitute player coming in at the last minute and having to play prima vista.
>
> Myself, I would not write a 16-bar-repeat in percent style, but I suggest that
> "./16/." is favorable in that case - for better legibility. So, my opinion in a
> nutshell:
>
> 1 to 4-bar repeats: "./." to ".////."
OK! How about the bar lines? Should all the bar lines be
printed? For example: | | `///. | |
> 5 and more bars (if at all necessary): "./128/."
I wouldn't want to see this notation myself if I were to play it.
Actually, last time I encountered a double bar repeat in an
orchestral piece, I had to replace it with an ordinary repeat sign
in order to play it right.
/Mats
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