- From: Emery, Alex <aemery@blc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:08:37 -0500
- To: public-music-notation@w3.org
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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was an English composer who used a famously idiosyncratic method of notating octave transpositions. Specifically, he was known to use a capital I with a caret above to indicate a section to be played an octave higher than written, and a capital I with an inverted caret below if it were to be an octave lower. Playing two octaves higher was represented by a double capital I with a caret spanning both. These symbols have also seen use in the modern era by Michael Finnissy. Prior to this, he utilized a symbol consisting of a capital I written directly above a capital VIII, which can be seen in his Piano Sonata No. 1, for instance. Occasionally, the two methods were combined and a caret was written above this fraction-like symbol. I would like to propose these various transposition markers be added to the Octaves supplement in the following order: U+EC99 - I with caret above U+EC9A - Double I with caret above U+EC9B - Triple I with caret above (theoretical) U+EC9C - I with caret below U+EC9D - Double I with caret below (theoretical) U+EC9E - Triple I with caret below (theoretical) U+EC9F - I above VIII
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