Brilliant. So clear and concise, short and snappy without any needless chatter. Every part of this instructional video moves you forward in your knowledge. Thankyou for putting this together. I now understand how these repeats work.
Oh! Dear Mikayla, You are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All these time I was not aware of these signs and learned a lot from you. Thanks hope to learn more from you.
This video is so good. Thank you! It's short, concise and straight to the point. Exactly what I was looking for as I've been struggling to understand these repeats and coda symbols. You've made it so much easier to understand when actually show examples of how they're used. 🙏
I've been looing for this information for a while now. Once I learned that it is called Musical Navigation, I found your video. I got exactly what I wanted/needed. Thanks.
Excellent! weil explained. Even with musical instruction I didn't remember the different sings. Thanks teacher Mikayla! I really appreaciated also that you included the scores alongside the playing!
Thank you, It is so much easier to understand when you actually demonstrate the concepts, as opposed to trying to understand it from a book or even an lecture.
Just what I was looking for! I'm self taught and play pretty well but my lack of formal training leaves me confused about the repeats. Great explanations, thank you for this Mikayla.
Awesome. Thx. I use Nashville number system but many charts use these, most correctly, a few not😊 Thx for clarifying them, been 35 yrs since I read standard notation
Thank you for the explanation! Very easy to understand. I have a question, how to notate that a piece is supposed to repeat forever? Some video game music is meant to loop indefinitely, I was wondering how i would notate that.
Hi! Great explanation, it really helped me reading notes which I use to play the guitar. But I found one more thing in my guitar tabs - a coda symbol with words "to coda" at the beginning of it. What does it mean?
There is also a “repeat the previous measure” symbol, and I think that “the sign” (or “Il Segno”) is supposed to be a combination of the “repeat the previous measure” symbol and the letter “S” (which probably stands for “Segno”).
Great video very helpful ! please a question if there are two repeat symbols //: to :// within the score. then at the very end of the complete music there is the repeat symbol :// do I repeat the full song and play the piece between twice again before continuing to the end ? it is in a grade book I have. Thank you EXAMPLE: 4/4 A B D G7 //: a b cm d:// G f#m D B / Cm F7 G A7 :// Thank you xx
Have you ever experienced a D.S. or D.C. without any further instructions like al coda or al fine? And do you write "Fine" in the notation ONLY if its not the last bar or are supposed to always indicate the end with a double bar line AND "Fine"? And finally is it "allowed" to use repeat signs within repeat signs or is this when you would use D.S.?
1- yes occasionally you can see DS or DC without fine or coda, and it would just mean go back to the sign/beginning and then play to the end. If the instruction is DS al Fine, there must be a fine written somewhere. If the “fine” is the last bar, they can either just write DS (no al fine), or write DS al fine, and then put fine over the last bar. Ideally, the double bar line should always indicate the last bar in the piece to be played (whether that is at the end of the page or not). 2- repeat signs within repeat signs are not really possible. This is when you would use a DS/DC, or creative use of different endings. A composer may also just rewrite the same material later on in the piece, if trying to indicate a repeat would become more complicated. hope that helps!
I recently downloaded a JM Jarre sheet..and there are for example TWO D.S. signs at the beginning of a piece (Oxygene)...the sheet has a very complicated repeating scheme, even with your help here it's very hard to decipher it, lol. Why did they put in 2 D.S. signs together, I just don't get it...I'll be forced to import the wav file into Cubase, to see what's going on. But thanks for the basics here, great work and demo!
I appreciate your video. Thank you! While having played piano forever, I am only recently getting into doing my own notation. One thing that I really want to do fairly often and I have not quite figured out how to do it is nested repeats . For example, let's say you have an 8 bar piece and you want bars 3 and 4 to repeat and then you want the whole thing to repeat including 3 and 4 repeating themselves again How can such a thing be notated ? And that is a fairly simple example . Some of mine actually have multiple inner repeats.
Hi Mikayla, I have a song. Repeating first row twice. This is ok for me. and 4 rows more. Each row just play 1 time, and repeating first row, then second row and so on.... How to code and where? Can you help me. Just tell me where to code. Thank you.
Hi I want To Use D.S al Fine along with Additional repeat bar line... but IAM not getting it right it auto plays avoiding the repeat bar but only following the command . Canyou hlep me?
I use musescore to transcribe music and I have a piece that uses first and seconds endings throughout. I want to use a D.C to go back to the beginning and play the entire thing again, but on the second playthrough it skips all of the first endings and goes straight to the second endings. Is there a way to fix this?
I have a situation where I have a repeat sign just *before the endings. When I come back from ending one, do I repeat that section AGAIN before going on to ending two?
Hey, I'm sorry but the DC. al coda doesn't work on Soundslice ( a website where you can create sheet music) , the coda doesn't go straight to the matching coda , it plays it through to the end.... or do I need to place it at a specific bar?
The bit of info I hoped to find here is, how do you indicate that there's a detail that only gets repeated once? For example, if I'm notating a guitar breakdown that happens twice I'll use ||: :||, but what if the first time I'm also notating the last note in the voice line, and the singer's only snging that first time? That loose syllable won't be sung again on the second playthrough of the repeated section.
When you go back to the beginning and there are already repeats in a section, do you follow the repeats again. For example, let's say you have two verses and then a chorus. After the chorus, you want to go back and play two more verses and the chorus again. If I jump to the beginning after the first chorus, will I follow the repeat signs or ignore them because I am now following the Da Capo marking? Otherwise, I would have to write out another verse which seems redundant.
What about only writing "to coda" when you want the jump, adding only a 0+ symbol when the coda begins, instead of placing two 0+? I found the double 0+ really confusing.
it can appear either way! Sometimes a piece will say "to coda" only, or sometimes it will say "to coda 0+" ; it just depends on the decision of the publisher. I agree, the double bullseye can be a little confusing, but it's not uncommon for it to appear twice.
Confused with what you said in bold double bar, vs what's Chopin wrote in the first example..you said it's normal double bar repeat...but it's written bold double bar repeat...27 sec
Outstanding explanation of repeats in music! Quite concise, clear, and to the point.
hey thanks so much! glad you enjoyed it!
I second this comment
Brilliant. So clear and concise, short and snappy without any needless chatter. Every part of this instructional video moves you forward in your knowledge. Thankyou for putting this together. I now understand how these repeats work.
That’s super kind! Thank you so much - glad you found it useful!
Simple, comprehensive and enough.
The clearest explanation of music repeats I've seen. No wasted chit-chat, etc. Not too short, not too long.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed.
That was so well explained and no gimmicks. It all now makes sense for the first time. Thank you. I will be book marking your video in case I forget
Singer: I do not remember ever having a D.S. al Coda (till last week!) THANK YOU for the reminder/refresher/ first time lesson...etc.
Thank you so much for explaining the coda , no more confusion for me anymore.
Oh! Dear Mikayla, You are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All these time I was not aware of these signs and learned a lot from you. Thanks hope to learn more from you.
I love your voice and the clarity of your explanations.
I watched this about 2 years ago and had to watch it again. So glad your clear explanation brought it all back to me! Thank you!
Fantastic explanation. Great straight forward demonstrations, very useful for reviewing and refreshing. Thank you so much.
I really appreciate that, thank you!
This video is so good. Thank you! It's short, concise and straight to the point. Exactly what I was looking for as I've been struggling to understand these repeats and coda symbols. You've made it so much easier to understand when actually show examples of how they're used. 🙏
I'm really glad to hear that - thank you for the kind words!
FABULOUS instruction!! What used to be very convoluted to me, now makes perfect sense. EXCELLENT! Thank you so much for posting this!
thank you so much for the kind words! I’m glad it helped!
I've been looing for this information for a while now. Once I learned that it is called Musical Navigation, I found your video. I got exactly what I wanted/needed. Thanks.
Absolutely brilliant explanation. Cannot praise it highly enough! Perfect.
appreciate it so much, thanks!
Fantastic explanations! Clean, clear and to the point. Excellent examples.
Glad it was helpful for you!
Excellent! weil explained. Even with musical instruction I didn't remember the different sings. Thanks teacher Mikayla! I really appreaciated also that you included the scores alongside the playing!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, It is so much easier to understand when you actually demonstrate the concepts, as opposed to trying to understand it from a book or even an lecture.
I’m so glad it helped you!
Thank you a lot for your very helpful explanation. I would not repeat what have already been said about your teaching talent, dear Mikayla.
Thanks, Mikayla, I will never forget now and have a better grasp of what you explained.
this is the simplest explanation i've ever come across on this topic. Cheers.
so glad it helped, thanks for watching!
I have my mid term exam tomorrow, this is Insanely helpful!!!
so glad to hear it!
Extremely easy to understand! What a fantastic tutorial, Mikayla.
so glad it helped!
This video is gold
Revising for a test tomorrow and this is a life saver!
Thank you so much for the useful content and clear explanation
so glad it was useful! hope the test went well!
Just what I was looking for!
I'm self taught and play pretty well but my lack of formal training leaves me confused about the repeats. Great explanations, thank you for this Mikayla.
so glad it helped!
This was a really clear and easy to understand explanation with great examples. Thanks!
thanks! glad it helped!
I have struggled with these concepts. This really helps thank you!
Awesome. Thx. I use Nashville number system but many charts use these, most correctly, a few not😊 Thx for clarifying them, been 35 yrs since I read standard notation
Thank you for the explanation! Very easy to understand. I have a question, how to notate that a piece is supposed to repeat forever? Some video game music is meant to loop indefinitely, I was wondering how i would notate that.
You could just write a note at the beginning or the end of the piece to repeat indefinitely.
So great tutorials, thanks to explain with this wonderful examples
I was confused about this kind of repetition but with this video you greatly helped me to understand it clearly. Many Thanks👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That's awesome, so glad it helped!
Very clear and concise explanation of repeats, just what I was looking for, Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent explanation and musical examples. It was truly beneficial !!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Explain More Symbols .. Type of teaching method is Awesome ... 👌...
Grace Note ...Explain Mam
Eagerly Waiting ....
glad you enjoyed! I'll try to cover grace notes in a future lesson!
Excellent exposition....so succinct...so explicit....! Just like a knife through butter...
thanks! i appreciate that!
Thank you so much. Very well explained, your examples made it all make sense. I finally get it now! Great work
so glad it helped!
Thank you so much! Beautiful and clear explanations and with nice visuals!!! 🧡🙌🏽
thanks for watching!
Cristal clear explanation, thanks:}
glad it helped!
EXACTLY what I was looking for! Great vid without unnecessary waffle
glad you enjoyed! thanks for watching!
Hi! Great explanation, it really helped me reading notes which I use to play the guitar. But I found one more thing in my guitar tabs - a coda symbol with words "to coda" at the beginning of it. What does it mean?
To Coda with the Coda symbol means to jump to the coda at the end of the piece.
There is also a “repeat the previous measure” symbol, and I think that “the sign” (or “Il Segno”) is supposed to be a combination of the “repeat the previous measure” symbol and the letter “S” (which probably stands for “Segno”).
Great explanation: very concise and straight to the point. Thanks. ❤
Thanks!
This is actually so helpful thank you
Thanks - great explanation, zero obfuscation!
Great video! Thank you very much. I last learned about this more than 20 years ago. Great explanation.
I know this it two years old but it is perfect! Great explanation!
Thank you Mikayla, that was so clear a child could get it. Well done!
Happy to hear that!
Thank you. Very helpful. Excellent digital resource for music students
Thank you for the kind words! So glad you found it helpful.
Thank you. Your video finally got me to understand repeats.
so glad to hear that!
Great video very helpful ! please a question if there are two repeat symbols //: to :// within the score. then at the very end of the complete music there is the repeat symbol :// do I repeat the full song and play the piece between twice again before continuing to the end ? it is in a grade book I have. Thank you EXAMPLE: 4/4 A B D G7 //: a b cm d:// G f#m D B / Cm F7 G A7 :// Thank you xx
Quando toco A-A-B-A-B tem algum sinal pra acrescentar junto com D.C pra indicar que toque o A só uma vez?
Excellent... Thank you!!!
Very instructive! I understand so much better now!
i SO needed this video! Thank you soooo much!! 🌸 Your explanations were so clear! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻☺️
So glad it helped! Thanks for the kinds words!
Excellent presentation. What program do you use to replay the music notation?
I used a combination of Notability on my iPad (for annotations), and Final Cut Pro for animations.
Thx for teaching it is more easy to me understanding from the class :) I was the beginner to learn the theory
Glad it helped!
Have you ever experienced a D.S. or D.C. without any further instructions like al coda or al fine? And do you write "Fine" in the notation ONLY if its not the last bar or are supposed to always indicate the end with a double bar line AND "Fine"? And finally is it "allowed" to use repeat signs within repeat signs or is this when you would use D.S.?
1- yes occasionally you can see DS or DC without fine or coda, and it would just mean go back to the sign/beginning and then play to the end. If the instruction is DS al Fine, there must be a fine written somewhere. If the “fine” is the last bar, they can either just write DS (no al fine), or write DS al fine, and then put fine over the last bar. Ideally, the double bar line should always indicate the last bar in the piece to be played (whether that is at the end of the page or not).
2- repeat signs within repeat signs are not really possible. This is when you would use a DS/DC, or creative use of different endings. A composer may also just rewrite the same material later on in the piece, if trying to indicate a repeat would become more complicated.
hope that helps!
Thank you, thank you, thank you........well explained and taught!!!
so glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks to you I am learning all this at age 76!
Glad to hear it!
I recently downloaded a JM Jarre sheet..and there are for example TWO D.S. signs at the beginning of a piece (Oxygene)...the sheet has a very complicated repeating scheme, even with your help here it's very hard to decipher it, lol. Why did they put in 2 D.S. signs together, I just don't get it...I'll be forced to import the wav file into Cubase, to see what's going on. But thanks for the basics here, great work and demo!
I appreciate your video. Thank you! While having played piano forever, I am only recently getting into doing my own notation. One thing that I really want to do fairly often and I have not quite figured out how to do it is nested repeats . For example, let's say you have an 8 bar piece and you want bars 3 and 4 to repeat and then you want the whole thing to repeat including 3 and 4 repeating themselves again How can such a thing be notated ? And that is a fairly simple example . Some of mine actually have multiple inner repeats.
Nobody explained it better! Thank u Mikayla ❤❤❤
that's super kind! so glad it helped!
Thank you so much. I love the examples which follow the explanation.
Clear , concise & informative .. Thank you !
Really helpful. A lot of clarity now, thank you!
thanks for watching!
Thank you so much, Made me understand my Music lesson even better.
so glad it helped!
Hi Mikayla, I have a song. Repeating first row twice. This is ok for me. and 4 rows more. Each row just play 1 time, and repeating first row, then second row and so on.... How to code and where? Can you help me. Just tell me where to code. Thank you.
Excellent explanation , thank you very much.
Hi I want To Use D.S al Fine along with Additional repeat bar line... but IAM not getting it right it auto plays avoiding the repeat bar but only following the command . Canyou hlep me?
Thank you. Instructions were simple and clear.
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much Mikayla. I now understand.
so glad it helped!
Great video...very clear explanations !!
Excellent…so well done. Thank you!!
thanks so much!
I use musescore to transcribe music and I have a piece that uses first and seconds endings throughout. I want to use a D.C to go back to the beginning and play the entire thing again, but on the second playthrough it skips all of the first endings and goes straight to the second endings. Is there a way to fix this?
Best instruction on all of the internet
Well explained, super easy to understand.
Glad it was helpful!
A question though, should I reuse a repeat symbol if the piece have a DC? (meaning the repeat appeared before the DC) Thank you!
I have a situation where I have a repeat sign just *before the endings. When I come back from ending one, do I repeat that section AGAIN before going on to ending two?
Super helpful! Thank you
Hey, I'm sorry but the DC. al coda doesn't work on Soundslice ( a website where you can create sheet music) , the coda doesn't go straight to the matching coda , it plays it through to the end.... or do I need to place it at a specific bar?
The bit of info I hoped to find here is, how do you indicate that there's a detail that only gets repeated once? For example, if I'm notating a guitar breakdown that happens twice I'll use ||: :||, but what if the first time I'm also notating the last note in the voice line, and the singer's only snging that first time? That loose syllable won't be sung again on the second playthrough of the repeated section.
When you go back to the beginning and there are already repeats in a section, do you follow the repeats again. For example, let's say you have two verses and then a chorus. After the chorus, you want to go back and play two more verses and the chorus again. If I jump to the beginning after the first chorus, will I follow the repeat signs or ignore them because I am now following the Da Capo marking? Otherwise, I would have to write out another verse which seems redundant.
Brilliant explanation thanks for posting
Very nice explanation and great editing
Thanks! Glad it helped!
Excellent video, thanks - I'm just going to make my students watch this and save my breath!😊😝
haha! happy to help!
Awesome tutorial and explanation!
excellent explanation !! very pedagogical !! thank you!!!
thanks so much!
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤
Glad to hear it!
What about only writing "to coda" when you want the jump, adding only a 0+ symbol when the coda begins, instead of placing two 0+? I found the double 0+ really confusing.
it can appear either way! Sometimes a piece will say "to coda" only, or sometimes it will say "to coda 0+" ; it just depends on the decision of the publisher. I agree, the double bullseye can be a little confusing, but it's not uncommon for it to appear twice.
Finally I understand it , Thank you so much
so glad it helped!
Awesome explanation 🔥! Thank you so much 😊
Perfect, just perfect!
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My teacher wccually use this video and i cant believe i found it because it was a actually pretty good video while my classmates yell in the classroom
Thank you for making sense of this! I should have looked for this video a long time ago. LOL
Confused with what you said in bold double bar, vs what's Chopin wrote in the first example..you said it's normal double bar repeat...but it's written bold double bar repeat...27 sec
i was so confused on coda, but hey, i know now, thanks
this is a great explanation it helped me a lot, thank you.
Glad it helped!
thank you for the explanation.. finally i can get this clearly... thank you so much.. it's such a help!
so glad to hear it!
i love this, but this also kept me wondering: why is there so many repeating symbols???
This was very helpful, thank you!