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RE:GDP: What term do you use?
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Palmer, Ralph |
Subject: |
RE:GDP: What term do you use? |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:33:54 -0500 |
Head tucked in, I venture into the battlefield.
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Anh Hai Trinh wrote:
I think you are mistaken here, a concert A written in any clef would
sound
with f = 440Hz, whereas a written concert A with a 8va bracket would
sound
with f = 880Hz. Anything sounding at a different interval than what is
notated is called transposition in orchestration books. I believe the
correct term, if there need be one, would be "octave transposition".
--AT
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Kieren's interpretation makes more sense to me. A "written concert A
with a 8va bracket" is, in fact, no longer a written concert A. It's now
a pitch one octave above a concert A. The ottava bracket is part of the
notation, as are sharps, flats, and clef signs. The placement of concert
A in tenor clef is different from the placement of concert A in treble
clef, agreed? And if a piece of music which begins in treble clef has a
tenor clef inserted, any notated concert A following the tenor clef will
still sound at 440 Hz. The ottava bracket is simply part of the
notation, not a transposition.
My two cents.
Ralph
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Ralph Palmer, CEM
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Keene State College
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