Re: [Harp-L] Music Writing Question

[Dave Murray <dmurray777@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 24 September 2006 17:54, Bob Cohen wrote:
> In my quest to both be a better harp player and to learn how to read
> and write music, I've decided to write out my exercises on music
> paper.  How do I know where to place the notes on the staff to
> differentiate between the first, second, and third octaves.
>
> For example, I've seen it where the C from the first octave on a C
> harp is written:

This shows where the harmonica notes actually fall:
  http://members.cox.net/dmurray777/harm_freq.shtml

However, it is common for soprano instruments to shift everything down an 
octave, or even two octaves, to avoid lots of little ledger lines. That makes 
it easier to read. There are symbols to show the octave shift.
  http://www.musedit.com/med/TipOfDay/Tip30.htm

Peace and music,
Dave