Originally Posted by
WalksOn2Wheels
Embarrassingly, I was actually accepted to the jazz program at UNT out of high school (not that I was really good or anything, but I was accepted), so I SHOULD know what the hell I'm talking about.
Range would make a lot of sense, otherwise you'd be dropping off the bottom of the staff every time to notate something if the purpose of the part is to harmonize in a specific range. I don't actually think before I type after a certain hour.
I took music theory in high school but that was a long time ago. I still think of the diabolical text we used, whenever I listen to Hindemith.