At 3:38 PM -0700 9/15/11, Ryan wrote:
>*The "little-8" notation is by far the most exact
>(and in theory should be used for piccolo, string
>bass, guitar and bass guitar parts, but there's
>too much tradition behind the conventional
>**notation for those instruments).
>*
>*
>*
>I know what you're getting at, but wouldn't it be more accurate to have the
>"little-8" *above* the clef for piccolo since it sounds and octave higher?

Yes.  That's exactly what I meant, just as it's 
used for soprano recorder (sometimes).

John


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