On Jun 20, 2008, at 12:45 PM, John Howell wrote:
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
While I lovingly hold on to many of the things I learned as I was
growing; things like the distinction between "less" and "fewer" - that
are quickly disappearing in language's resolute tendency towards
efficiency (and perhaps loss of nuance), I agree with Christopher and
Darcy that 8va and 8vb have become unambiguous symbols. Their
acceptance (nearly universal in my experience) makes reading music
easier and less cluttered, and I'm all for anything that does that
without losing the ability to convey information clearly.
Chuck
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