[Verse 1]
When you're writing movement down in notation form
There are shortcuts that will keep your page from getting worn
Repeat signs save you time when phrases are the same
No need to write it twice, just use the repeat frame
[Chorus]
Abbreviations make it clean
Shortcuts for the dancing scene
Repeat signs, carets too
Ad lib when the choice is up to you
Segno, coda, navigation marks
Guide you through the movement parts
Labanotation made easy
These conventions keep it breezy
[Verse 2]
Caret marks are pointing up to tell you something clear
The movement that you started keeps on going here
Like an arrow showing continuation
Previous motion through the phrase duration
[Chorus]
Abbreviations make it clean
Shortcuts for the dancing scene
Repeat signs, carets too
Ad lib when the choice is up to you
Segno, coda, navigation marks
Guide you through the movement parts
Labanotation made easy
These conventions keep it breezy
[Verse 3]
Ad libitum means freedom, let the dancer choose their way
Interpretation in their hands for how the movement plays
Some sections need that personal artistic touch
The score says "make it yours" and that can mean so much
[Bridge]
From music notation borrowed
Segno and the coda too
Jump around the score tomorrow
Navigation guides you through
To the sign and to the ending
These marks will be your friend
Practice reading, comprehending
Till the symbols make perfect sense
[Chorus]
Abbreviations make it clean
Shortcuts for the dancing scene
Repeat signs, carets too
Ad lib when the choice is up to you
Segno, coda, navigation marks
Guide you through the movement parts
Labanotation made easy
These conventions keep it breezy
[Outro]
Take a published score today
Read through every single page
Find the shortcuts, find the signs
Movement reading, refined