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Author: Matt
Date: 2001-05-19 03:12
Hello all:
What does "8va" mean in a score? I can't find it in my music dictionary.
TIA,
Matt
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Author: Sara
Date: 2001-05-19 03:14
Hello,
It means to play the part one octave higher than the part is actually written.
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Author: Matt
Date: 2001-05-19 03:39
Sara:
That sounds plausible and that's what I thought it meant. However, the music is written once octave higher just two bars prior to the "8va". Why not just write this phrase that way? I'm suspicious.
Thanks,
Matt
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-05-19 03:51
Matt, there's no other meaning. For a short phrase many times they'll write notes way up there, but for a long phrase many times they'll notate the "8va" so you won't get lost. In piano music the 8va (and a few other markings that do similar things) notation is very common.
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Author: willie
Date: 2001-05-19 05:09
You will really see this a lot for the piccolos. Its some times easier to read if you have fewer leger lines too.
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Author: Matt
Date: 2001-05-19 22:03
Thank you all for answering my question.
BTW, can it ever mean play one octave LOWER?
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Author: Bob Curtis
Date: 2001-05-19 22:07
Matt:
This is only a "short hand" way of writing the music. After the two bars of regularly written music the arranger (or composer) simply put in the notation "8va' to save ink and time back in the days when everything was done BY HAND. It is a carry over from the "ancient" days which we still use today. I know of no other meaning other than that which has already been mentioned and I have been teaching clarinet for over 50 years. It is common in all forms of instrumental music.
Bob Curtis
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2001-05-19 23:06
Yes, it can also mean one octave lower, but than it's written below the staff and called "8va basso".
Alphie
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-05-20 00:06
When it is above the line of music, it means an octave higher. When it is below the line of music, it means an octave lower. For the latter, the composer is supposed to actually use the term "8va basso" but it is not uncommon for them to leave out the term "basso."
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Author: Jim
Date: 2001-05-20 03:35
This is also used commonly in vocal music when the tenor part is written in the treble cleft. Sometimes there, the G cleft has an "8" in place of the ball or curve at its base.
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