HI, it;s the first time I’ve used the bass clef -8, for some deep piano lines. But the notes are sounding in the octave that they are written. i.e. as if it was a normal bass clef. I inputted the notes in normal bass clef, and then subsequently added the bass-8 clef. The notes remained in the same place, as they should, but they sound the same.
And now even with the bass- 8 clef, if I enter notes, they appear, and sound, as they would in a regular bass clef.
Thanks for the reply Charles, and the solution. Yes, usually I would use an 8ba and line indicating the notes that need octave displacement. But it’s a funeral-march-slow 4 minute piece with constant walking bass (similar to your example) throughout, at the very lowest end of the piano register. All the notes are the Cs and Es way down there. With a cello doubling an octave higher. The bass clef -8 seemed to me that it might be just a cleaner way to notate it.
However, if I were to use 8ba, to indicate the whole piece is way down deep, how would a piano player like to see it?
I think I’d write it with an 8va line from the beginning to the end. I’d say it happens in piano 4 hands pieces (more likely fot the treble part), and I feel like any other notation would be error-prone.
If you really want to enter an 8va clef at the beginning, then you’ll need to put a text to say explicitely what it means. But still, I think that an 8va line at each system is much safer!
OK, cheers man, I’ll take your advice. Thanks for your input. I’m one of those composers (seemingly rarer these days) who like as little extra ink on the page as possible. hehe. That’s why I was hoping to avoid any extra text/lines. But I tale your point, if it’s too weird, then I’ll go the classic route. Thanks again. Have a lovely evening/morning/afternoon wherever you are.
