Hi Phil,
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Phil Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm setting the Vagabond so that I can practice singing it, and I'm > confused by a marking on the piano piece - see the attached image. It > looks like an ottava marking, but doesn't make much sense as that if you > follow the 3rd and 4th bars of the image supplied. I've also listened to > recordings and they definitely do not drop by an octave here. The "8" here means that the pianist should add the note an octave below. It's a shorthand or space saver. > I'm also rather confused as to how this would be played - the first bar in > the image appears to require a span of 2 octaves.... > Here the pianist would take the upstemmed notes in the bottom staff with the right hand. > Any advice welcome. -- > Phil Holmes > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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