On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 2:22 PM, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... > > And of course the notation of vocal tenor parts has baffled more than one > publisher! The treble clef is incorrect because it shows the wrong octave. > The tenor C-clef had no such problem. At least one publisher--I think it > was Novello--used a doubled treble clef, apparently on the theory that 2 > treble clefs weighed twice as much as one, and pulled the pitch down an > octave!! And modern notation programs provide the tenor G-clef with a > little 8 under the clef for accuracy (which drives piano accompanists > nuts!). ... > I have seen all of these, but the worst - much worse than any of these - were some old church choral octavos I ran in to once that used a tenor clef - but placed it on the third SPACE. The result is the same as the octave treble clef, but not if it is misread, which it EASILY was! (After all - we, especially trombonists, glance at the clef, see a C clef, determine: if it is neatly in the middle of the staff = alto; if it's a bit above the middle = tenor.) It was driving me crazy, as I was trying to read the score assuming a regular tenor clef, but NONE of the harmony worked. Another attempt at a tenor clef for the masses (well, you know what I mean) was a treble clef with the little "c" part of the tenor clef attached to it - placed on the third space. That sort of worked, IMHO - it looked enough like a treble clef to not bother those who only read one or two clefs, but still had that link to the tenor clef for the more literate. But it didn't catch on. Raymond Horton _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
