Brad writes:

> On Friday, July 2, 2004, at 07:45  AM, Peter Taylor wrote:
>
> > John Bell writes
> >
> >> There's more than one way of skinning a cat, but what I'd do is: make
> >> the initial LH clef a clef that looks like a bass but behaves as a
> >> treble, then put in a treble clef as an expression or whatever.
> >
> > But doesn't that mess up the key signature?
>
> It should be fine if the piece starts in C Major, A minor, or "no" key,
> but otherwise it could be weird.  If necessary, you can hide the key
> signature with a staff style and enter it as expressions/articulations.

Obviously if there is no key sig then it can't get messed up.  Sorry, but I
thought it was obvious I didn't refer to those keys.

Having a graphic clef *and* a graphic key sig is two kludges and a PITA in my
opinion.  I think Mark's idea of a hidden rest and two real clefs is preferable
to this if it's really essential to start off with a bass clef.  However, I
presume the reason Finale wasn't designed to do this is because it's not
"normal" or "accepted" practice nowadays.

Peter

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