I, too, have heard that many instrumentalists (specifically violinists) prefer leger
lines to 8va symbols. I can accept this up to 5-leger-line (and a half) c4. Do players
really prefer leger lines even higher? I'm currently working on a passage for violin
that hangs around e4 (6 leger lines in
Robert Patterson wrote:
I, too, have heard that many instrumentalists (specifically
violinists) prefer leger lines to 8va symbols. I can accept this up
to 5-leger-line (and a half) c4. Do players really prefer leger
lines even higher?
I don't feel strongly about this, but yes, I think we do.
To be honest, it all depends. If it is a passage which suddenly jumps to a
very high note, ledger lines can be a real obstacle, in finding out whether
it is an e4 or g4 or whatever.
But a change to 8va in the middle of a high passage regularly throws me.
Then, I am not really confronted with this
