> Rainer adS wrote
>
> >I use Alto, soprano, ... clefs. Today these are replaced by the treble
> ("G") clef notated
> >an octave higher then the music sounds. Is there any way to print music
> that was entered
> >for those obsolete clefs with the modern one?
>
> There must be more than one set of meanings for these clef names. In the
> baroque world, "soprano" clef is a C-clef with middle C on the bottom
> line. It is most commonly used for vocal parts sung by...you guessed
> it...sopranos. This is not currently available in PMX.
>
> In both the baroque and modern worlds, "Alto" clef is a C-clef with middle
> C on the middle line. It is immediately available in PMX, and since pitch
> levels in PMX are absolute and independent of the clef, it is completely
> trivial to change an existing staff from one clef to another.
>
> There are no octave-transposed clefs available in PMX, but I suppose there
> should be. Maybe even two different flavors, because it seems to me there
> are two possible ways of inputting the PMX data for notes referring to
> these clefs. For example with a "soprano recorder clef" the logical and
> consistent method (i.e., consistent with all other PMX clefs) would be to
> enter c45 and have it appear on the line below the staff. But I'm sure
> there are others who would prefer that "c45" represent a note that appears
> on the 3rd space in this clef, even though it sounds at c46.
>
> --Don Simons
>
>
