On 2020-01-11 5:36 pm, Andrew Bernard wrote:
Pardon my base ignorance, but when using a reduced line count of 2
lines for a treble staff instead of five, the middle C position
apparently moves. I can't quite figure this out. I suppose the
behavior is entirely obvious to some, but I can't get my head around
it. There is very little discussion of this in the archives, if any.
Can somebody help me understand this? I would have expected the notes
to stay on their lines and spaces, but there is obviously more going
on than I thought.
Is this not simply a case of parity?
With an odd number of lines, the central pitch must lie on a line. With
an even number of lines, the central pitch must occupy a space.
-- Aaron Hill
