Re: GDP: What term do you use?

[Eyolf Østrem]

On 27.02.2008 (11:37), Anh Hai Trinh wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:04:35 -0500, Kieren MacMillan 
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi Eyolf,
>>
>>> Or one might turn the argument around and say that the melody is indeed
>>> trans-posed -- placed somewhere else, whereas the negative associations
>>> of dis- is that it's ended up in the wrong place...
>>
>> Interesting point...
>>
>> Really, what we're talking about is a NOTATIONAL SHORTHAND: the notes in 
>> question aren't actually TRANSPOSED or DISPLACED, just like notes in a 
>> "treble_8" clef are neither TRANSPOSED nor DISPLACED: they are simply 
>> NOTATED using a different (shorthand) method.
>
>
> I think you are mistaken here, a concert A written in any clef would sound 
> with f = 440Hz, whereas a written concert A with a 8va bracket would sound 
> with f = 880Hz. Anything sounding at a different interval than what is 
> notated is called transposition in orchestration books. I believe the 
> correct term, if there need be one, would be "octave transposition".

That's what I'd suggest too -- I failed to say so explicitly, but that was
what I had in mind. 

So: +1 for "octave transposition"

Eyolf

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