I am aware that D.C. means to return to the top of the piece, but I'm not buying that that includes the Intro. Can you name a piece that is arranged that way? Even one?
D.S. doesn't solve my problem because I'm already using it at another place in my arrangements and I can't make it work twice in the same piece.
Honestly, if you can think of a tune arrangement that D.C.s back to include the Intro, I'd like to hear it. Assuming you want to put an Intro at the top of your piece where it belongs, the D.C. feature as it presently stands is useless.
Thanks Jack for your thoughts on this.
Obviously depending on the arrangement someone wants to create, they might want to go back to the intro, perhaps as a small instrumental.
I do know what you mean though, not normal to have the intro elsewhere.
But I was thinking about songs like 'Wichita Lineman' or 'If these walls could speak' (Jimmy Webb songs) where the intro is (or could be) used as a kind of small bridge (or vice versa). Although not in this way you describe, the intro to 'Just the way you are' is used within the song also.
The other thing we would have to consider is if we would confuse everyone by effectively re-defining a D.C.'s meaning by having it ignore the 'back to the beginning' if there is an introduction. This would mean those who would want to do this would need to use the Segno at the introduction (because if they tried the D.C., it would not work.)
What you might be asking for is a double segno symbol? (D.S.S.) I have not seen it much, just a few times in some orchestral pieces (parts) but I think to make it clear what is required, they organise the layout so sections are written out rather than potentially causing confusion (especially at first reading) as to where to jump back to. (But then space is not much of a limitation as we have in iReal Pro.)
For the moment, you will have to write out one section of the chart again to eliminate one of the Segnos that you wish to use.
)BOB
