Conductive pattern for 8va and 8vb

[semsem612]

Hi everybody
Is there a conductive pattern for each of 8va and 8vb?
Thanks a lot.

 

[Bob Ross]

Is there a conductive pattern for each of 8va and 8vb?

Do you mean is there a physical hand-motion that a conductor can use to indicate that a passage be played 8va or 8vb?

No.

At least, not one that is considered universal. There may be some compositions (or comprovisational strategies) that make use of a dedicated selection of hand signals, some of which might indicate a registral change. But the presumption with those works is that the performers are introduced to the hand signals as part of learning the piece; the hand signals are not expected to be common knowledge.

 

[Bob Ross]

Is there a conductive pattern for each of 8va and 8vb?

Do you mean is there a physical hand-motion that a conductor can use to indicate that a passage be played 8va or 8vb?

No.

At least, not one that is considered universal. There may be some compositions (or comprovisational strategies) that make use of a dedicated selection of hand signals, some of which might indicate a registral change. But the presumption with those works is that the performers are introduced to the hand signals as part of learning the piece; the hand signals are not expected to be common knowledge.

 

[rob aylestone]

8va is a score indication - so it wouldn't need a nudge from a conductor would it - Like there's no direction to switch to pizzicato or back to arco - Conductors are looking after timing, volume attack and all those things that cannot be done by the score alone.

I suppose that if a piece was written that needed the musicians to suddenly switch octaves (and I can't think of one), then the conductor would simply devise one, make sure the musicians knew it, and do it.