Topic: 8va in Tablature
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If you look at the solo you can see 8va--------------------| above some notes notated. I know that it has something to do with octaves. Can somebody explain it properly?
2 2007-11-06 22:19:41 (edited by johncross21 2007-11-06 22:30:23)
Re: 8va in Tablature
you've already explained it properly
it usually indicates that the notes shown in the score are played an octave higher than shown. in that case it allows very high notes to be notated without too having too many additional bar lines
so if it read c you need to play the c above the one shown if it has an 8va shown
I dimly recall (tho I may be wrong) seeing this used to indicate harmonics in some scores. however harmonics usually have another flag (a diamond ?)
finally i don't think that the 8va effects the tab (only the notation part) the tab is probably played as shown