Re: GDP: What term do you use?

[Brett Duncan]

Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
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> Am Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2008 schrieb Brett Duncan:
> > The term "octave clefs" crops up in many places on the 'Net, 
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> An octave clef is something different than an ottava bracket. Botch indicate 
> octavation, but while an ottava bracket (e.g. 8va) applies only to some 
> spanned part of the music, an octave clef (e.g. \clef "treble_8" for tenor) 
> indicates that the whole part is notated an octave higher.
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> Cheers,
> Reinhold

It was octave clefs that I was referring to, not the ottava 
brackets/spanners, in response to Trevor's reference to 'octavated' 
clefs,  since, as he pointed out, 'octavated' isn't a real word in English.

Kurt's original question was about what to call it when you *use* ottava 
brackets. Personally, I've only ever called it an 'octave change', or 
referred to an ottava passage/measure. 'Octavation' is not a real word 
in English, and while I have no objection to neologisms per se, if there 
is a better English expression that is clearly understood, IMO that's 
what should appear in the docs.

Brett