Repeats and sections

Repeat signs and their count, first and second endings, segno, coda, D.S. and D.C., and the song's sections.

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Repeats, endings and jumps are written once and played as the score says: Reflow’s playback follows them, and so do its MIDI and audio exports. They are all set in a bar’s Measure Settings: with the Measure tool, select the bar and choose Settings in the bars’ toolbar.put the cursor in the bar and choose Score › Repeats.

Repeat signs

Under Repeats:

• Repeat Start Barline: the bar starts a repeated passage (the dots after the barline).
• Repeat End Barline: the bar ends it (the dots before the barline).
• Repeat Count, once the end is on: how many times the passage plays, from 2 to 40. A count of 3 or more is written over the end barline (3x).

Give each repeated passage its start sign, so that its end goes back where you mean.

First and second endings

Under Alternate Endings, the numbers 1. to 8.: the times through the repeat on which the bar is played. Mark the bars of the first ending 1. and those of the second 2.: the first time through plays the first ending, then the repeat goes back, and the second time skips it for the second. A bar can carry several numbers, for an ending played on the first and second times (1. and 2.) before a third.

Segno, coda and Fine

Repeat Targets marks where a jump lands: Segno (𝄋), Segno Segno (two segni), Coda (𝄌), Double Coda and Fine, where the music ends after a jump. Pick each in the menu; a check shows the ones the bar carries.

D.C., D.S. and To Coda

Repeat Jumps, on the bar where the jump is made (usually the last bar of a section):

• D.C. (da capo, back to the start), D.S. (dal segno, back to the Segno) and D.S.S. (back to the Segno Segno), each on its own or al Fine (to the Fine, then stop), al Coda or al Double Coda (to the To Coda sign, then on to the Coda).
• To Coda and To Double Coda: the bar where, on the way through after the jump, the music leaves for the coda.

A bar carries one D.C., D.S. or D.S.S. jump at most; To Coda and To Double Coda can go with it.

Section markers

A section marker names where a part of the song begins, Intro, Verse, Chorus, written in a box above the bar. In Edit, put the cursor in the bar and choose Attach › Section; with the Measure tool, Section in the bars’ toolbar.Put the cursor in the bar and choose Score › Rehearsal Sign. In the Section Marker dialog, turn Rehearsal Sign on and type the Section Name; Remove takes a marker away.

Repeating the bar before

For a bar played again as the one before it, write the % sign instead of its notes: select the bar with the Measure tool and choose Simile in the bars’ toolbarchoose Score › Single Bar Repeat. Choose it again to take it off.