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by windrag
16 Mar 2021, 06:06
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Notating Alternate Sections
Replies: 5
Views: 2908

Re: Notating Alternate Sections

Thanks for your help! Yes, I'm in Dorico. The case in point is a lead sheet for Dream A Little Dream Of Me. The piece starts in the key of C. Early recordings by Ozzie Davis and the classic Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong versions all move to Ab, but the best-known version to folks of my generat...
by windrag
14 Mar 2021, 22:31
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Notating Alternate Sections
Replies: 5
Views: 2908

Notating Alternate Sections

I'm trying to find out if there is a conventional way of notating a section having two different possibilities. For example, if I have a piece with three sections: A B C and I want to notate an alternate B section in the same piece of music (with the choice of whether to play B or B alt. being agree...
by windrag
24 Jun 2020, 05:43
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Non-standard verse within a standard form
Replies: 3
Views: 3716

Re: Non-standard verse within a standard form

benwiggy wrote: 19 Jun 2020, 16:04 Verse 1, 3 and 4. (Assuming lyrics will fit the same music.)
Chorus
Verse 2 with extra bit :||
Final Chorus with tag, or just tag.
Yes, that was my thought. I was hoping for a way to condense it more. Thanks
by windrag
15 Jun 2020, 05:57
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Non-standard verse within a standard form
Replies: 3
Views: 3716

Non-standard verse within a standard form

I'm trying to find the most efficient way to notate a lead sheet with a non-standard form. Essentially, each verse is made up of 3 couplets, except for the 2nd verse, which is made up of 4 couplets. So the form would look like this: Verse 1 Chorus Verse 2 with extra couplet Chorus Verse 3 Chorus Ver...