The second is maintains a better immediate understanding of what is happening. The first gives a momentary idea that there is motion between the tied note that is unsettling
Regards, Shane On Fri, Dec 5, 2025, 4:16 PM Knute Snortum <[email protected]> wrote: > I have what I guess is a typesetting question. I am updating an old > manuscript and it has a tied note (an f) across a clef change. In > LilyPond, it needs to be a tie (see slur-as-tie-across-clefs.png, > attached.) I don't like it, so I thought I'd move the clef change inside > the measure (see clef-in-middle-of-measure.png) but I'm not sure it's less > confusing than the original. I was hoping to get some keyboardist's > opinions about the two approaches. > > Below is a MWE of the clef-in-the-middle approach in case someone wants to > fool around with it. > > Thanks for any feedback. > > %%% Start > \version "2.24.4" > \language "english" > > leftHandUpper = \relative { > \voiceThree > bf4( c2 d4~ | > d4 ef2 f4~ | > f4 \clef treble g2 a4~ | > a4 bf2 c4) | > } > > leftHandLower = \relative { > \voiceTwo > ef2( f | > g2 a | > bf2 \clef treble c | > d2 ef) | > } > > \new Staff { > \clef bass > \key ef \major > << > \new Voice \leftHandUpper > \new Voice \leftHandLower > >> > } > %%% End > > -- > Knute Snortum > >
