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Re: GDP: What term do you use?
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Reinhold Kainhofer |
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Re: GDP: What term do you use? |
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Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:14:11 +0100 |
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Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2008 schrieb Kurt Kroon:
> I'm working on the Glossary for the GDP, and I'm stuck -- so, I'm
> canvassing the list. Here's the scenario:
>
> You've written a composition with a passage that needs to be played in
> a different octave. When you describe it (this passage) to another
> musician, what term do you use? And do you use the same term or a
> different one for the actual _process of writing_ the passage in a
> different octave (if you even bother to name the process)?
>
> German
To play/sing something an octave higher or lower is called "oktavieren" (the
verb), the noun is "Oktavierung".
See e.g.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktavierung
> PS: Internally, LilyPond calls this "octavation" ... which I only included
> because I couldn't think of a better term.
At least the English wikipedia page does not give a proper term for it,
either:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave#Notation
http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=106516&idForum=1&lp=ende&lang=de
Cheers,
Reinhold
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