Op donderdag 15 februari 2007 17:10, schreef Heikki Johannes Junes: > 1) Changes in octavation during the piece. > > One clever way of using clefs would be to show change from clef G to clef > G^8 and > back in order to indicate the changes in the octavation. This look more > beautiful > and more professional than using 8va lines that span over more than one > staff lines.
Indeed I've seen this being used on a (not too large) number of occasions, although I couldn't tell if the 'start' clef was the 'proper' clef or not. But that doesn't matter, really - it'd just be a change from \clef G at +8 to \clef G^8 at +8. > 2) Optional octavations. > > If you want to indicate that the octavation may be chosen according to > will, you may use the modern clef G^"(8)" indication that leaves some > freedom for the singer. A professional soprano can sing with clef G^8, and > an amateur soprano with clef G. I've never seen this, but then I may not stem from the right musical background. Is this used often? (I /have/ seen the occasional '8va bassa ad lib.') > 3) Indicate whether the piece has to be played at the concert pitch or > it has to be transposed. > > With euphonium that has both transposed or non-transposed pieces, one > may use various clefs, among others clefs F, G, and G_8. In addition, > there are some modern clef indications, namely clefs F_2, G_2, and G_9, > that can be used to indicate the tradition according to which the notes > are being written. However, I have not yet seen, for example, how clef G_2 > is used in practice. These, to me, sound too weird to be true. Do these exist? Have you seen them? I /do/ know about transposing instruments - trumpets in B flat, Horns in F, piccolo flutes in D flat, medieval instruments in all kinds of pitches - but they're written down with only a 'normal' clef without indication of how far they're supposed to be transposed. You notice only because the inscription on the score says 'horn in F' or some such. I for one would be mystified as to the meaning if I saw a \clef F_1, or \clef G_9 on my music, and the same holds for my girlfriend if she'd see a \clef G^4 (or is it G_5?) on her horn parts. Of course we can decide to preset clefs like G_2 in order to be as correct as possible - but what's the use? I'd even go so far as saying that it'd be quite irritating to have to change back the notation manually everytime. Which I surmise is what most people will want to do. Groeten, -- Jasper ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
