Re: 8 marking on piano piece

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Phil,

> It looks like an ottava marking, but doesn't make much sense as that if you 
> follow the 3rd and 4th bars of the image supplied.  I've also listened to 
> recordings and they definitely do not drop by an octave here.  I'm also 
> rather confused as to how this would be played 

Usually that 8 means "add the octave below" (because we're too lazy to print 
all those ledger lines, and an ottava marking would be confusing since it only 
affects the chords and not the running eighth notes).

> the first bar in the image appears to require a span of 2 octaves....

No… the RH can take "voiceOne" in the lower staff.  =)

Hope this helps!
Kieren.