At 1:23 PM -0500 6/20/08, Paul Hayden wrote:
I quit using the ottava bassa sign (8vb) _under_ notes several years
ago when I read (in Read's book and probably on this list) that the
normal octave sign (8va) should be used. I noticed that FinMac08b
uses 8vb by default when you use the Smart Shapes octave symbol
(8va) below notes. (I reset the 8vb symbol so that 8va shows in the
Smart Shape Options window.)
1. Do you think 8vb under notes looks amateurish?
Very much so, because it appears to be some programmer's idea and is
not standard notation (as you seem to have discovered). So is the
term "tuplets," of course, but at least that isn't something that
goes on the page.
John
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