Re: 2/4 not before repeat line in incipit to `Repeats'

[Hans Aberg]

On 6 Aug 2009, at 18:59, David Kastrup wrote:

> Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > In the incipit to the `Repeats' section, I think it should be
> >
> >   2 |
> >     |:
> >   4 |
> >
> > instead of
> >
> >   |  2
> >   |:
> >   |  4
> >
> > Later in the chapter there is a snippet which demonstrates this.
>
> Not sure.  It would appear to me that
>
>    2 |
>     :|:
>    4 |
>
> would be wrong, for example.

Hindemith, "Elementary Training", p. 50 & 70, has some examples. In  
the former case, there is a courtesy time signature, two lines, like:
     4/4 ... | 3/4 ... | 4/4
  |: 4/4 ... | 3/4 ... | ... :[
In this case, it is necessary to put it inside. But it interesting to  
add a time signature at the end of the line before it.

On p. 70, there is
    4/2 ... |: ... |

        ... |  ... |
             ______________
            |1.            |
        ... | 2/2 ... 4/2 :|
So there is an extra 4/2 so that the meter change tales place in the  
repeat.

My guess us that the rule is that they can be put wherever there  
results in a correct expansion, with some extra as desired for clarity.

  Hans