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Re: Music Notation symbols for loops?



What would loop notation be like? Notation for classical music has 
so-called "repeat symbols." 
A loop is just a special-effects way of doing a repeat.
Tyler Z
On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:17:51 +0100, Per Boysen wrote:


>We're already deeply into extended notation here so I'd say anything
>that simplifies reading for performance can be used. I once had a
>chance to study a score by Elliot Sharp for an octet and he had simply
>penned in instructions in plain English to the musicians on the bars
>where that made more sense then traditional notation symbols. It was
>mainly a normal score but on certains bars Sharp's instructions to the
>musicians were in functionality equal to Ableton Live's Follow
>Actions. When each player were instructed to "pick any five notes",
>and similar, this comes close to a random implementation.
>
>Greetings from Sweden
>
>Per Boysen
>www.perboysen.com
>http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>
>
>On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Buzap Buzap <buzap@gmx.net> wrote:
>>Hi Rick
>>
>>I guess your approach makes sense for complex stuff, i.e. polyrhythmic 
>>music. 
>>If I remember right, even serial music (i.e. Philip Glass) is notated 
>>this way.
>>
>>I was thinking way simpler, more in terms of "Ableton Clips for Lead 
>>Sheets". 
>>More specifically, I'd like to define several bass grooves and notate on 
>>the 
>>lead sheet when each bass groove is played - avoiding repetition as much 
>>as 
>>possible.
>>
>>Any common notation suggestions for this?
>>best regards
>>Buzap
>>