Four octave scales

[Chas]

Right, so is it practice in reading the notes above and below the stave that you're after? That makes sense. @jbtsax gives some guidance on this in comment No 5

That's right reading musical notation scales from bottom to top have a nice weekend ,play what you like and be the best at it take care charlie

 

[Hipparion]

I don't have the answer to your precise question, but if what you're looking is how one would 'write the dots' for passages in the altissimo register, then I believe this video would give some clues Moanin' (Leo P's solo).

 

[Nick Wyver]

I'm still at a bit of a loss to see what the point is. People don't write stuff using 9 ledger lines. No one could read it.

 

[Tenor Viol]

For ease of reading when notes go beyond 3 or 4 ledger lines above the staff they are often written an octave lower than they sound with 8va written above. For notes below the bass clef staff they are written an octave higher with 8va bassa or 8vb written below. @tenorviol is the expert on these types of things since he plays cello.

That's why technically the double bass (and bass guitar) are transposing instruments - they sound a octave lower than written, to avoid 8vb or leger lines

 

[Tenor Viol]

I'm still at a bit of a loss to see what the point is. People don't write stuff using 9 ledger lines. No one could read it.

Yes, which is an issue for flute/piccolo players. Hence the use of 8va as noted by @jbtsax

 

[Nick Wyver]

Musescore seems quite happy with that number of ledger lines. So you could easily print your own.

 

[Halfers]

Musescore seems quite happy with that number of ledger lines. So you could easily print your own.
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Vertigo inducing stuff!

 

[Dibbs]

You do if your playing altismo say from low c up into altismo top c that's four octaves or at least I thought it was I may be wrong

That's 3 octaves. 4 different C's but 3 octaves.

 

[Dibbs]

I'm still at a bit of a loss to see what the point is. People don't write stuff using 9 ledger lines. No one could read it.

I'm sure he means the first altissimo C. 5 leger lines is readable.