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I have some sheet music for the song Mad World. Part way though the treble clef on the grand staff changes to bass, which is fine, but a few bars later I hit a snag.

In bar 7 both hands are given the same notes, the very same keys. There's no indication of having shifted octave, as far as I can see; it just has the left hand playing semibreve (whole notes) high E and G while the right plays them as successive crotchets (quarters)

Should I play the left hand an octave lower, or is this just not playable on a single piano? Or is there something else that I've missed?

Note: I can never quite get a grip on American rhythmic terminology, please forgive any mistake.

Sheetmusic from https://musescore.com/user/6185336/scores/2288536

Theodore
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  • Also, is there an ottava **line** that you may have overlooked in Bar 7? – Dekkadeci Nov 11 '21 at 13:50
  • I had to look up an example of that but, no, there is none. – user1876058 Nov 11 '21 at 13:54
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    I did a google image search for the sheet music and after seeing eventually found [a version that may be similar to yours](https://musescore.com/user/6185336/scores/2288536). I will edit the question to add that version with the section in question highlighted. – Theodore Nov 11 '21 at 15:01
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    Btw, if can get hold of an image, you can simply copy/paste it into your question and Stack Exchange will take care of image hosting. If you open this question on a phone, for instance, you might be able to simply snap a picture, copy it to the clipboard, and paste into the body of the question. It sounds very much like it's simply representing two voices that are simply overlapping (perhaps as a result of transcribing from multiple instruments)... – Andy Bonner Nov 11 '21 at 15:02
  • I suppose it does, thank you. I'm still a little confused but trying to learn. – user1876058 Nov 11 '21 at 17:52

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