Since the discussion has veered off into discussion of piccolos, octave transpositions and ledger lines, I thought I'd share a nugget about piccolo and flute writing. All those ledger lines are tough to read, at least for the rest of us mortals who don't play flute or picc. But they're used to reading them, and would rather see them than an 8va sign that brings everything down into a "readable" octave. There are different fingerings for notes in the upper stratosphere, and that octave transposition makes them have to mentally "transpose".
My own practice is to use the 8va sign in scores when necessary, but to restore the part to its proper octave when extracting. Steve Larsen _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
