Which octave?

[Alter]

Depends on who is writing the chart. Many times people forget that guitar is a transposing instrument and they write a melody in the wrong octave. So i always check it with the horns or the composer.

[rpjazzguitar]

So, today I saw a big band chart and finally took notice of the little 8 hanging off the treble clef on the guitar part.

The first note was an F, 3 ledger lines below the staff.

A pianist seeing that note will play it as the pitch on the D string third fret.

A guitarist who learned it the way Mel Bay teaches it, plays that as the first fret low E string.

So, the little 8 hanging off the clef, tells the guitar player that he's supposed to play Mel Bay's way.

If the little 8 is not there, then the guitarist either plays the note an octave higher or assumes that the little 8 should be there and plays it as Mel Bay taught.

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

So, today I saw a big band chart and finally took notice of the little 8 hanging off the treble clef on the guitar part.

The first note was an F, 3 ledger lines below the staff.

A pianist seeing that note will play it as the pitch on the D string third fret.

A guitarist who learned it the way Mel Bay teaches it, plays that as the first fret low E string.

So, the little 8 hanging off the clef, tells the guitar player that he's supposed to play Mel Bay's way.

If the little 8 is not there, then the guitarist either plays the note an octave higher or assumes that the little 8 should be there and plays it as Mel Bay taught.

Well, a guitarist should always use common sense.

And a jazz guitarist probably never plays it the way it's written

[Christian Miller]

You cant rely on those little 8s!


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