Ambiguous 8va in Outdoor Overture
- AtomicClock
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In Copland's Outdoor Overture, the trombone 1 part occasionally is written 8va. In this instance (bar 239):
the 8va is written over fifth-line A. But according to the score, the part is not octave-shifted until a beat later:
Do we read 8va as indicating the note underneath, or the note(s) to the right? Or is this just sloppy typesetting?
the 8va is written over fifth-line A. But according to the score, the part is not octave-shifted until a beat later:
Do we read 8va as indicating the note underneath, or the note(s) to the right? Or is this just sloppy typesetting?
- AtomicClock
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It's correct in the 2nd part:
- robcat2075
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As a general rule, the score is always right... until it isn't.