Using Repeat Signs When Playing Bass Lines

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CASEY CORMIER: Okay. You might have seen this if you've been looking a lot of pieces in music in your life. You might have seen repeat signs before. Repeat signs basically indicate for us how many times we will play a certain thing instead of writing it a million times, how many times you could play the same thing over and over. So let us take a look at how will repeat signs look at and how they work. So, this will be the beginning of a repeat sign, but it is not complete without an ending repeat that tells you to go back. It is basically two lines and two dots facing this way. Here. Anything that is sandwiched in between, you repeat. Now, if it was just a typical repeat, maybe there would not be something like this written, there wouldn't even be a measure back here, and then all you play was A, A, D, D, A, A, D, D, A, A, D, D, A, A, D, D. It will only imply repeating it twice, unless there was something written up here saying how many more times. These, though, indicate first and second endings with a repeat. So, if we play this it would be A, A, D, D, A, A, first ending, D, D, then repeat back. A, A, D, D, A, A, now, skip the first ending onto the second ending. That is what the "2" indicates. A, A. So, understanding first and second endings and repeat signs in your playing when you're reading music is going to be very important so that you can stay with the band.

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