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I try to make a song with these parts:
A verse
B chorus
A verse
B chorus
C middle 8
B chorus one more time

I tried to do that with a tag but it wont work. Something strange happens. Only way I have been able to do this structure is copy all parts in a string and put the number of choruses to 1.

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That will work. Then use 1st and 2nd ending and a ds al coda.

The make the fist ending the last 4 bars of the chorus. the second ending will also be the last 4 bars of the chorus plus the bridge (total 12 bars.

The put a ds al coda at the end of the bridge to point back to the first bar of the chorus and put the exit such that the coda is the last 4 bars of the chorus.

If the chorus is exactly the same (ie the chords are the same before the bridge) you could use a repeat of the verse-chorus combo, followed by the bridge, and a ds al coda as before.


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Building the lineasr form is the first step, but it doesn't provide a print version of the notation.

I know many of the readers do not use the printed notion, but I do. So my response is how I would present the music. I do like the new format tool, and it is probably a great starting point if all of the A, B, C parts are identical. I must admit, I still tend to use copy and paste


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Are you having trouble building the song in the required format or printing the song?

Building the song in linear form is relatively easy, but getting the lead sheets / Fake Sheet is a printing function. The underlying song doesn't change - only the way it gets displayed. sometimes it's better just to try and then fix the mistakes.


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