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.

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