Multiple solo lines making chords in a solo book

[Anna]

Usually when I have separate parts listed in a solo book (e.g. A & B lines in the same piece) I have brailled them as separate pieces.  In this file, in songs like 4 and 5 I'm not sure what the best method would be.  Because the combined lines create chords, it seems like there would be a benefit to doing bar-over-bar and keeping the measures together... but then I can't do the chord labels at the same time.

With song 4, I was thinking I'd do each part separately but include the chord labels in both.  With 5, I was thinking of doing part A with the chord markings and then doing A, B, and C (sans chords) as bar-over-bar...  It may be just a matter of preference, but I'd love to hear what another transcriber would go for here and why.

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[Kathleen]

Hi Anna,

I'm curious as to why you think you couldn't do the chords with bar-over-bar format. That is how I would approach it. Take the guidance from the Section 29.17 in MBC2015. Chord symbols can easily go beneath the parallel.

Hope that helps!

Kathleen

 

 

[Anna]

Oh, ok!  I was thinking that chords only work with a single line of music, like lead sheets.  Must have been too long since I've seen them in another context.

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