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Thread #150840   Message #3517254
Posted By: Jack Campin
20-May-13 - 02:32 PM
Thread Name: The tyranny of D and G at sessions
Subject: RE: The tyranny of D and G at sessions
Chris Partington: did you take statistics on effective range (lowest and highest note) as well as key? Range doesn't usually feature in tune indexes, and it should.

What I mean by "effective range" is leaving out notes that could be moved without making any real difference to the tune - a lot of violin arrangements have upbeats on the G string that might as well be an octave up (a flute player would shift them without even thinking about it).