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Re: Accordion transposition notation
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Re: Accordion transposition notation |
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Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:53:16 +0200 |
On Sep 29, 2011, at 9:31 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> Mike Solomon <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> If I want an accordion player to use stops to play a passage one
>> octave under the written pitch, I was wondering what the appropriate
>> notation was? I found the info about discant notation in the manual,
>> but I'm not sure if those correspond to a change in octave (i.e. by
>> using the bassoon, is the pitch automatically played an octave
>> under?).
>
> Yes. The lowest-sounding reed in the register determines the basic
> pitch of the sound, any additional reeds change the timbre.
>
> The low reed has the same pitch as the middle reed played one octave
> lower, but is usually more mellow in sound quality when played alone
> (Italian register switches tend to call them "bassoon" and "clarinet",
> respectively). So you have to be prepared for a switch in sound quality
> as well as of octave when composing.
>
Good deal - thanks!
~Mike