EBS Lesson Seven Developing rock grooves (part 2)
EBS Lesson Seven Developing rock grooves (part 2)
As many of the exercises are meant to be repeated around and around, we thought we would just formally introduce repeat signs. Repeat signs have already been used through the course and you may well have noticed them.
The purpose of a repeat sign is to save the composer writing out repetitive patterns unnecessarily.
A repeat section is denoted by a beginning repeat mark and an end repeat mark. The music in between is simply repeated as many times as is noted. Below is an example of a number of bars of music that need to be played twice.
Figure 5. Use of repeat signs (Enlarge)
A repeat mark is made up of two lines and two dots. One set of lines and dots marks the beginning of where to repeat and another set of lines and dots where the repeat ends. In the example above you will see that you are asked to repeat the four bars of music between the signs.
From here you go to the end of the section and then return to here and play through the repeat section again. The number of times you repeat is normally clearly marked. In our exercises there are no limits to the repeats so you keep repeating until you are comfortable.
Go from the end repeat mark back to the beginning of the section and play again all the bars from the beginning repeat mark, back to here.
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