Hi folks, I have a sort of practical notational question. I need to avoid ledger lines and dashes.
I have a piece where almost the entire right hand of a piano part in one prelude is 8va. However, there are a few occasions where it jumps an octave higher (too many ledger lines) and lower (enough to cause ledger lines below the staff). There seems to be a clarity issue no matter whether I use an 8va marking or 8va treble clef. How should I mark the second octave jump? 15ma? Then use 8va for the return to "local" loco? If I use an 8va treble clef, does an 8va marking = true 15ma? And loco = true 8va? And then how do I mark a "true" loco with an 8va treble clef? The problem is a little messier because the performer does not like the 8va clef because the '8' is so small. I can use 8va above the left staff, and end up with a clarity problem -- unless I use buckets of dashed lines, making yet another legibility mess he'd like to avoid. Is there an accepted way to indicate that most of a piece is played 8va except for certain areas played 15ma and other areas played loco? (Or, maybe, is there just a better 8va treble clef available in somebody's font?) Thanks, Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
