Re: relative pitch with song sections

[Thomas Morley]

2014-05-14 22:30 GMT+02:00 Nick Payne <address@hidden>:
> On 15/05/2014 5:53 AM, Francisco Vila wrote:
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> El 14/05/2014 21:16, "Thomas Morley" <address@hidden> escribió:
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>> 2014-05-14 20:45 GMT+02:00 Pierre Perol-Schneider
>> <address@hidden>:
>> > 2014-05-14 18:43 GMT+02:00 Tim Roberts <address@hidden>:
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> If the notes really do sound an octave below what is written, then the
>> >> "8"
>> >> under the clef is exactly the right notation.  If they don't sound an
>> >> octave
>> >> below what is written, then your transposition is not correct.
>> >
>> >
>> > I cannot think of any rules regarding those ottavated clefs...
>> > There is a bunch of guitar and bass scores - probably the majority of
>> > them
>> > (and I'm talking about major publishers) that do not put any 8b clef.
>>
>> Yes. I can confirm.
>>
>> > It is
>> > simply the editor's choice.
>>
>> And the editor's choice is wrong.
>
> I agree.  The correct clef for guitar should be G_8.
>
>
> I would say, based on my fairly extensive collection of guitar scores,
> collected over about 40 years, that there are probably more commercially
> engraved editions that omit the "8" than those that show it.
>
> Nick

True.
And all those are wrong. ;)

-Harm