Repeats in Music Scores
Posted: 22 Apr 2018 00:19
In this topic I want to take a dedicated look at Repeat markers in music, and try to fully appreciate how to handle them.
Music Scores for your playing are very much like road maps for your driving. To be frank, some road maps are pretty poor, while others are designed for the motorist and therefore are very clear. You need to know and understand the meaning of all the "road signs" in our music, and one area which we often struggle over is the different types of Repeats. The handling of all these signs and symbols should be second nature to us, and we should not have to stop and work out what to do when we come across any of them.
The most common Repeat that you will find in music is probably the double bar line with two dots, and it looks like this:
.. and then go back to the first repeat sign, (ie. the one with the two dots facing away from you) and repeat all of these notes in the same order, and finish.
You may sometime see this without the first (or 'start') repeat. So if you come across a piece a music that just has the second, or final repeat sign, (ie. the one with the dots facing you) then you always go back to the very start of the piece of music.
In the following Replies I shall explore the variations you may find with these symbols and how we interpret them as we play the music.
Peter
Music Scores for your playing are very much like road maps for your driving. To be frank, some road maps are pretty poor, while others are designed for the motorist and therefore are very clear. You need to know and understand the meaning of all the "road signs" in our music, and one area which we often struggle over is the different types of Repeats. The handling of all these signs and symbols should be second nature to us, and we should not have to stop and work out what to do when we come across any of them.
The most common Repeat that you will find in music is probably the double bar line with two dots, and it looks like this:
- B, A, G, F, E, D & C
.. and then go back to the first repeat sign, (ie. the one with the two dots facing away from you) and repeat all of these notes in the same order, and finish.
You may sometime see this without the first (or 'start') repeat. So if you come across a piece a music that just has the second, or final repeat sign, (ie. the one with the dots facing you) then you always go back to the very start of the piece of music.
In the following Replies I shall explore the variations you may find with these symbols and how we interpret them as we play the music.
Peter