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Music notation glossary · Repeats and jumps

First and second ending

first time, second time

In the score

Engraved by Verovio 6.3.0-425dd7b 1 2

What it means

Brackets marked 1. and 2. over the bars at the end of a repeat. On the first pass you play bracket 1 and go back; on the second you skip it and take bracket 2.

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