8va question

[pianomagician]

hello I'm new here and not really good in english but that doesn't matter. I compose a little    and I was wondering what sign I need to use or where I need to place it when I want to place everyting 1 octave up. I mean everyting (the treble and bass) Can you guys help me out??

[coda_colossale]

Put an eight above the clefs.

[pianomagician]

Both cleffs?
Cause when I place it above the treble, only the treble bar play's 1 octave up, isn't it?

[j_menz]

Yes, both clefs.

[hfmadopter]

Often you will see the 8va with a string of dots following it. That indicates you are to stay an octave high, not just a single note. When the score returns to normal there will be the sign Loco written.

I've got to do something about writing this stuff myself, I have about 7 original scores of my own  in my head now but not written. I have to refresh them now and then. Still new ones coming.

[pianomagician]

So I need to place an 8va sign following by a line of dots above the Treble and below the bass, as long as I want to play both hands an octave higher? Or can you stop writing those dots and just write loco when you want to go back?
(I think I understand it)

[hfmadopter]

If you run just into the following measure you could dot it and end with a down turn and the Loco ( actually they are more like short dash marks). But if running over multi measures then no just end them after a half dozen or so and continue playing the high octave until the change is indicated.. I see this a lot in David Nevue's music scores FWIW, so you might go to his site and look through some samples to see what I mean. He sells his music online and you can see the first sheet as a sample. The trick is to find something that he used the octave change in the first page. I think his version of Silent Night may have that in it.

[pianomagician]

Thank you very much! I understand it, thank you for helping me out!