On 20 Jun 2008 at 19:20, John Howell wrote: > At 4:01 PM -0400 6/20/08, Christopher Smith wrote: > > > >Taking "8vb" to mean "ottava bassa" is so common nowadays as to > >eclipse the original usage. I would put 8va above and 8vb below > >wherever space permits, though. > > I don't expect to convince anyone, but doesn't that assume that > everyone copying music is using one of the computer engraving > programs that have adopted the practice?
The pre-theory text I used when teaching at NYU used it, so I don't see it as limited to music notation programs. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
