Funny you should ask that -- I played one this past weekend, sharing it with another percussionist. The man who owned it had programmed the bottom 2 octaves to be chimes (written treble clef) and had programmed the top two octaves to be orchestra bells in the same octave.
So it can be notated however you wish -- it is a four octave range but you can have multiple zones, each set in its own octave and with its own sounds. David H. Bailey On 1/13/2014 6:46 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > anyone know how this instrument is supposed to be notated? the > performer is using the 4-octave model and has assigned sounds that > need to be triggered mainly in the centre and avoiding the extreme > keys, so it fits well on treble clef (G3-Bb7) without having to > resort to clef changes or 8va markings. > > note this is NOT being used as an electronic marimba, the performer > triggers sound files that are often not "pitched" and has mapped out > the sounds across the instrument range for ease of playing, so it > doesn't really have to reflect the range of the marimba in this > piece; it is "just" a keyboard here. > > http://www.alternatemode.com/articles/aug4.shtml > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
