ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-29 Thread Paul de Bruin
Dear Mats, Bertalan and Graham, Flooded with and surprised by instant reactions, I've given the problem (or is it a bug?) some more thought. Two points of view are possible: 1. The Programmer's view. A measure of music, like any other object in programming, should have a unique number. No ambig

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Bernard Hurley
> Op zaterdag 27-06-2009 om 14:54 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Mats > Bengtsson: > > > I could also imagine the conductors view at a rehearsal. > Actually I think repeating the bar numbers can make it easier for a conductor because bar 17 (say) always follows bar 16 both first and second time.

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Op zaterdag 27-06-2009 om 14:54 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Mats Bengtsson: > I could also imagine the conductors view at a rehearsal. > Still, the > formulation "most common" indicates that both strategies are used. Right, so this could be a choice. From my experience in an orchestra, it of

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Mark Polesky
Mats Bengtsson wrote: > However, I just looked in a book on music typesetting ("Noter", by B. Tyboni, > which unfortunately only is available in Swedish), which says that it is most > common to do what you propose, namely to use the same measure numbers both in > the first and second ending. S

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Paul de Bruin wrote: Dear Mats, Bertalan and Graham, Flooded with and surprised by instant reactions, I've given the problem (or is it a bug?) some more thought. Two points of view are possible: 1. The Programmer's view. A measure of music, like any other object in programming, should have