Canon scoring technique

Dear All,
I have a phrase of 8 bars that i want to be played ad libitum by the instruments involved.
This phrase is performed in canon, that means,

  • instrument 1 starts at time zero on bar 1
  • instrument 2 starts on bar 1 as soon as instrument 1 reaches bar 3,
  • instrument 3 starts on bar 1 as soon as instrument 2 reaches bar 3
  • instrument 4 starts on bar 1 as soon as instrument 3 reaches bar 3

it is a canon, and i want to let the conductor decide for how long it has to be played.

I currently resolved in the following way … however it does not look to me very professional

any suggestion is wellcome.

This approach takes up more space of course, but it minimises ambiguity. I’ll leave the German translation up to you.

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thankyou !!! I like it much more than my approach.