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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Parts of a tune


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pinch - Posted - 03/03/2009:  06:38:27

I am playing a piece that is supposed to be played AABA. What are the musical notation marks that typically show the boundaries of part A and part B?

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fiddlerdi - Posted - 03/03/2009:  06:43:38

Generally speaking most tunes will have eight measures that repeat themselves one time. That would be the AA part. Then the next eight measures would be the B part. Then you would go back and play the first eight measures one time.

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scrubber - Posted - 03/03/2009:  07:05:49

quote:
Originally posted by pinch

What are the musical notation marks that typically show the boundaries of part A and part B?


Double Bar Lines or Repeat Signs (sometimes used in conjunction with first and second endings).

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BanjoBrad - Posted - 03/03/2009:  11:38:04

"||: :||"

Are the marks for a repeated section. You may also find the letters A, B, C etc. above the starting measure of each section.


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GeeDubya - Posted - 03/03/2009:  12:16:34

And you might also see it as |:A:||BA| where the final A is written out and it's clear how the first 16 measures (2xA) and the second 16 measures (BA) are to be played. Assuming we are talking about standard 64 beat fiddle tunes here.

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pinch - Posted - 03/03/2009:  16:39:13

I think the secret can be found in the words "D.C. al Coda", "Coda" and the "O" with crosshairs. So if I understand it correctly, I play to D.C. al Coda, go back to the crosshairs, repeat, and finish with the part after Coda. Hmmm... that doesn't sound very AABA, now does it?

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