Martin Tarenskeen writes: | On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, John Chambers wrote: | | > The main issue is that notes on paper don't have pitch. I | > (.....) | > Pitch belongs to played notes, not written notes. | | I completely agree with that. Let's try again : | | " middle=<ABC-notename> is an alternate way to define the line number of | the clef. The <ABC-notename> indicates what notation is used for the | note that is diplayed on the third line of the staff. " | | Is that any better ?
Well, not much. I don't have any idea what "the line number of the clef" might mean, or why you'd want to define it. That's a phrase I've never heard before. The only numbers I've ever seen associated with clefs are those little 8's that you see above or below some clefs, but that isn't what's meant here. I'd say something like: You can use middle=NOTE (or just m=NOTE) to say what abc note you want to appear on the middle staff line. Thus, for treble clef, middle=B is the default. You could use "clef=treble middle=d" to get the "French violin clef" that Baroque musicians sometimes use, which puts the notes GBdfa on the staff and draws the clef one line lower than usual. Similarly, "clef=bass middle=B" gives the "baritone clef" that is sometimes seen in vocal music. This draws the bass clef one line higher than usual, and puts the notes EGBdf on the staff. And "clef=bass middle=D," produces a normal-looking bass clef, but you need one or two commas after every note on the staff, and C represents the C just above the staff. Maybe this is too much of an explanation. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
