James, I think there's an actual notation to indicate repeat 4 bars that you can put in each successive bar following the original first four. I think it's the multiple-bar repeats that you alluded to in your earlier posting. From a playback perspective, I think you need to use these so that Sibelius plays back correctly. However as a one-sighted musician I'd much prefer to see you use the second scenario you suggested with the technique text as an instruction for the player. Who knows? The technique text may work in playback, as well. Dave Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Lee" <jameslee303@xxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:26 Subject: [sib-access] Repeating a phrase from beginning to end. Hi, I have a guitar part where it just loops 4 bars over and over from the start to end. What would be the best way to notate this? Should I surround the 4 bars with start repeat and end repeat, and then put start repeat and end repeat from bar 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, and so on? Or, should I just write 4 bars, and write slashes for the rest of the bars and put a technique marking saying repeat every 4 bars? Thanks for all your help. JL If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx