Making a Da Capo not so Da Capo

Hey guys,

so I end this piece, but then I want to repeat measure 8 till measure 16 and make that measure the end. How do I notate that? I was trying to use the Italian Da Capo but that only works if you go back from the beginning to the fin

And how do I make that measure 8 slightly different looking? Perhaps having the "1-----" sign on top?

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Would it be so wrong to just paste those eight bars to the end of the piece?

If you're bringing back just eight measures, I'd suggest just sticking them on the end. You're not saving that much ink/paper by doing a dal segno al fine (which is what you're asking for: D.S. al fine = jump back to a specified measure with the funky S over it, and stop at the fine). And since you want to change the material anyway, just write it out.

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Hello Peter and Audio. I appreciate your time in answering. I may applied some of the concepts suggested for the piece. I already submitted this little organ part, and at the end of the score I wrote: "Go to measure 8"

Thanks!

Cheers,

Not to be flippant, but you realize that that's totally unconventional and strange, right? If you really, really don't want to just write the music out, then you're asking for a DS al fine. That's what it's for.

What you did is fine for sheet music that you're writing "just because." But you'd get a lot of raised eyebrows from publishers or musicians looking at that music.

And I still think simply writing out the 8 bars again is a better option.

Good luck.

-P

Not to be flippant, but you realize that that's totally unconventional and strange, right? If you really, really don't want to just write the music out, then you're asking for a DS al fine. That's what it's for.

What you did is fine for sheet music that you're writing "just because." But you'd get a lot of raised eyebrows from publishers or musicians looking at that music.

And I still think simply writing out the 8 bars again is a better option.

Good luck.

-P

If I write DS al fine how can I specify the measure I want the performer to go back to?

If I write DS al fine how can I specify the measure I want the performer to go back to?

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With the S. The S is this thing:

Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal_Segno

LOL this topic has made my day :D

DS al Fine -Dal Segno - From the Sign

means go back to the sign (the sign being that s Justin posted) and play until the word Fine appears - fine, the end, its over, done.For a visual:

Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:

Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:

Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:S%(thats the symbol)

Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:

Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:

Notes:Notes:FINENotes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:

Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:

Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:Notes:DS AL FINE

So, you would play through the whole thing and when you reach ds al fine go back to the S and when you reach fine stop playing.