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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 >>