I'm not familiar with this piece but octava basso is the indication that the music should be played an octave lower than written.
Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Sunday, May 09, 2010, at 08:57PM, "Kim Patrick Clow" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi all: > >I have a question about a manuscript source: > >http://i39.tinypic.com/2rcn2ip.jpg > >This is from a sinfonia by Christoph Graupner and you see > >staves are Trumpet 1, 2, Timpani, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Continuo > >I'm not exactly sure what the expression under the first violin means >"ottava bassa" or ottava basso." Or how this would impact performance. > >This is the first time I've encountered this phrase in Graupner's music. > >Thanks >Kim >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
