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Subject: "transposing instrument, one octave lower sounding then notation".

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Michael Loutris
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Date Posted: 19:01:18 10/29/04 Fri
In reply to: Tan Ngo 's message, ""transposing instrument, one octave lower sounding then notation"." on 19:50:47 07/05/04 Mon

Hi Tan,

The 8va instruction written above the staff indicates that a piece of music should be played one octave higher than written on the staff. For instance, the open, high E string on the guitar, corresponds to the E just above middle C. If 8va was written above the staff, you would play the E at the 12th fret on the high E string.
8va written below the stave means to play one octave lower, and that would be the E on the open D string.
Sometimes 8va bassa.
For more info, please check out:
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/text1-9/8va.html
Enjoy, music is a beautiful adventure!
Mike

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