Was about to do it but doesn’t seem possible? (just double-checking).
- D.D.
No, you can create bar repeats for 1, 2, and 4 bars only.
Not the end of the world but could be nice to add down the line…
D.D.
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You really want to show eight bars, all of them empty, except for at the end of the fourth bar you want eight slashes drawn with a dot to either side and an 8 above the staff? And you want to force all eight of those bars to be on the same system?
If I’m putting 8 bars/system of a score of highly repetitive music, I would definitely like the option to indicate on a single page for a specific part “repeat the 8 bars of material that was on the previous page for that part” as a simpler structural shorthand for the conductor (just encountered that last night in a score I was copying and was surprised it wasn’t possible).
- D.D.
+1, and it would be nice to be able to repeat three or five bar phrases.
Just needed this today for solo changes in a jazz chart.
Since this is bumped up, I’d like to see some more flexibility here too. I might not personally use an 8-bar repeat, but it certainly would not be uncommon to see in a rhythm section part of a tune with an AABA structure.
Addressing the above request for 3 or 5 bar phrases, I’m not sure I’ve ever actually seen a 3-bar repeat sign, but there certainly plenty of compositions employing repetitive 3-bar phrases. Freddie Hubbard’s One of a Kind and Branford Marsalis’s Citizen Tain immediately come to mind as fairly well-known examples. It might look a little odd as it wouldn’t be spanning a barline, but I would think there’s nothing really prohibiting it from a notational standpoint in situations like those two compositions.
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Would love to add another bump here. While a 8 bar repeat might be a little too special for the everyday needs, I wish it to be included someday for it makes sheets for music with repetitive sections more easily readable.
Would be very common for a model jazz piece like “So What” (AABA with 8 bars of the same chord for rhythm section parts).
- D.D.
It’s OK as long as the “repeat last 8 bars” begins and ends on a part stave. Layout is everything when it comes to nonstandard shortcuts.
I googled and found this topic. In fact, I now have a case where I could use an eight bar repeat. It’s rare but occurs in more modern music and especially in percussion. I know this sign from some publications and I think it’s a sad thing that nothing has changed here in recent years.
So let’s make it a +1 here again …