Re: Ottava

[Shane Brandes]

\italic \bold "8" \superscript "a" in regular type with dotted line
and uses loco. also in regular type to indicate a return to normal
octavation. Mechetto, Vienna circa 1870's Just happened to be staring
at it.

Shane

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Noeck <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what is the recommended/default formatting for ottava marks/brackets
> (8va)? I would like to collect some opinions/examples/references on this.
>
> 1) 8
> 2) 8va
> 3) 8^va (8 + va superscript)
> or others?
>
> In bold or not bold? And with dashed lines or dotted or others?
>
> What does E. Gould say or do you know 19th century scores with ottava
> brackets?
>
> I am pretty sure that I have seen 8^va bold, but I can't find it. The
> only occurrence I could find in my scores was:
> Boosey & Hawkes: 8 bold ···· (with dotted lines)
>
> Cheers,
> Joram
>
>
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