I have jazz chart that includes a section that repeats for different soloists. The repeated section includes a repeat within it with 1st & 2nd endings. Is there a way to get the playback to go back to the forward-facing repeat sign to repeat the whole section again, rather than going back to the beginning of the whole chart? I can include a note in the parts, “repeat to C for additional solos” for the players, but it would be nice to get Dorico to play back the final repeat to the proper place. The properties panel for that repeat sign/barline only has options for time signature.
Please post the file.
Playing guessing games is wasteful of folks’ time.
Understood. File not ready for posting here but I’ll do that when it is. Thanks
Could you use a DS (or DC) al Coda with a notation at the repeat to play both times? (Otherwise I’ll wait to see your file!)
-- Jim
I could, but I think that would be more confusing to the players than just saying “repeat to C for additional solos”. Maybe I can create a DS and make it hidden. I’ll give that a shot. Thanks for the suggestion.
I may not have described the situation well in my original post. This is a fairly common occurrence in a big band arrangement. In an AAB song form a solo section will have a repeat at the end of the A segment, so the band plays A twice and then goes on to the B. For additional players to solo, a repeat sign will go back to the beginning of the A segment, and the second player will play A, repeat A, and go on to B, etc. The playback isn’t that important, but I thought there might be a way to make it work. I’m not finding any properties for repeat signs :|| like there are for music phrases where playback can be suppressed during certain passes.
How is it handled in those scores?
Still, your description sounds like a “DS as necessary” can take you back and an optional “to Coda last time” (or “when instructed”, or whatever indication you want) to finish up with a short ending segment. Again, when you’re ready, a file will help us to help you!
-- Jim
In the score, or more importantly in the parts, it’s handled with a written note, like “repeat for additional solos” and it’s understood that “repeat” means to go back to the place where the solo section starts. My question relates to Dorico playback, not to performance by human players.
Ahh! I misunderstood! When you wrote “The playback isn’t that important” I felt you needed the written copy. I didn’t realize that the following “but” was what you wanted. 
I’m not sure how you would get the playback to repeat an indiscriminate number of times!
Is this something to be used in a performance?