Re: relative pitch with song sections

[Nick Payne]

On 15/05/2014 5:53 AM, Francisco Vila wrote:

El 14/05/2014 21:16, "Thomas Morley" <address@hidden> escribió:
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> 2014-05-14 20:45 GMT+02:00 Pierre Perol-Schneider
> <address@hidden>:
> > 2014-05-14 18:43 GMT+02:00 Tim Roberts <address@hidden>:
> >
> >
> >>
> >> If the notes really do sound an octave below what is written, then the "8"
> >> under the clef is exactly the right notation.  If they don't sound an octave
> >> below what is written, then your transposition is not correct.
> >
> >
> > I cannot think of any rules regarding those ottavated clefs...
> > There is a bunch of guitar and bass scores - probably the majority of them
> > (and I'm talking about major publishers) that do not put any 8b clef.
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> Yes. I can confirm.
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> > It is
> > simply the editor's choice.
>
> And the editor's choice is wrong.

I agree.  The correct clef for guitar should be G_8.

I would say, based on my fairly extensive collection of guitar scores, collected over about 40 years, that there are probably more commercially engraved editions that omit the "8" than those that show it.

Nick