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  1. Horowitzian

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    ...but here goes nothing! :lol:

    If a piece of music has a pickup measure, do you number the pickup measure as "Measure 1" or do you begin with the first full measure as "Measure 1"?

    Thanks in advance! :D

    PS--Mods/admin, if there is a better place for this question, please move this thread. Thanks.
     
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    You start counting measures from the first full measure.

    http://cnx.org/content/m12717/latest/
     
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    I wish that the scholars could agree on first and second endings, and how to count them. I have some anthologies that count them separately and some that don't.
     
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    I don't know if there are well established best practices here. What I know is that Henle and Wiener-Urtext, for example, usually count only the second ending bars. EMB Urtext of Beethoven Sonatas, on the contrary, count every single bar of both first and second endings.
     
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    Thanks again guys (and gals if any)!! Exactly what I needed to know. :D And thanks for the link, alf!


    Cheers! 8)
     
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    Yes, the pickup measure is not counted but the last measure is.
     
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    How many PSers does it take to answer a question? :lol:
     
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    Repetita Juufant!
     
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